New Year 2024 in Space Came 16 Times in One Day Why did this Haappen Know

New year 2024 in space: The new year has started. As soon as the night at 12 o’clock, the world drowned in the New Year celebration. But the new year was seen 16 times one after another in space hundreds of kilometers above Earth. This unique event took place at the International Space Station i.e. ISS (ISS), 400 km above the earth. The 7 astronauts at the space station saw the new year 16 times! Let us know how all this was possible.

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 path 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.

NDTV’s Report According to, there is usually 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness on Earth 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.