{"id":330529,"date":"2026-03-30T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/artemis-ii-gets-ready-to-head-to-the-moon-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:00:16","slug":"artemis-ii-gets-ready-to-head-to-the-moon-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/artemis-ii-gets-ready-to-head-to-the-moon-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II gets ready to head to the Moon | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/grLmpV-udmQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Artemis II gets ready to head to the Moon | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/grLmpV-udmQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This week, Nasa is planning to launch the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on their way to the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Their voyage around our nearest neighbour will pave the way for a lunar landing and, eventually, a Moon base.<\/p>\n<p>Nasa&#8217;s Artemis programme has taken years of work, involved thousands of people and is estimated to have cost $93bn to date.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 years ago, America&#8217;s Apollo missions made history when the first people set foot on the lunar surface. 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