The International Space Station revolves around the Earth at a speed of about 7.6 km per second. During this time it dodges the earth 16 times in 24 hours. That is, the astronauts living there have sunrise and sunset 16 times.
The orbital trail of ISS covers more than 90 percent of our earth’s population, due to which scientists get a chance to do the new year experience again and again. However, he does celebrations only once.
When is the year celebrated on ISS
Universal Coordinated Time is followed on ISS, also known as Greenwich Meen Time. It is one hour from Central European Time and five and a half hours behind India. According to this, the new year will have been celebrated at the International Space Station at 5.30 am on January 1 at 5.30 am Indian time.
According to NDTV report, Earth usually has 12 hours of lights and 12 hours of darkness in a day. At the same time, astronauts get 45 minutes of day and then 45 minutes of darkness. This happens 16 consecutive times. This is the reason why astronauts see sunrise 16 times on New Year. A team of astronauts is always stationed on the ISS.
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