WEB DESK: The people living in the international Space Station will celebrate the new year 16 time.
2024 is about to begin around the world and people in every country will get the chance to celebrate the New Year just once again
But for those living in the International Space Station (ISS), the experience is quite unique.
It may be hard to believe, but astronauts there witness the start of the New Year 16 times.
The reason for this is also quite interesting.
The International Space Station is orbiting the Earth at a speed of 17,000 miles per hour, and its occupants can see the sun rise and set 16 times a day.
According to the American space agency NASA, the ISS completes an orbit around the Earth every hour and a half, and that’s why its occupants see the sun rise and set 16 times.
During this journey, they pass through multiple time zones around the world and the astronauts get to welcome the New Year several times.
Astronauts observe 45 hours of sunlight and 45 minutes of darkness, and frequent day-night changes are used for various experiments.
Astronauts’ body clocks are also affected by day and night observations multiple times in a 24-hour period
