Astronauts celebrate the New Year 16 times... How is that?

2024-01-04 2024-01-04T21:34:20Z
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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - The International Space Station has the unique feature of constantly alternating between day and night every 45 minutes, providing astronauts with the opportunity to see 16 sunrises and sunsets in one day. While Earth reflects a 12-hour day and 12-hour night, the space station provides this rapid rotation that allows various scientific experiments to be carried out including in the field of microbiology and mineralogy.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> What&#39;s in store for your 2024?<br /><br /> From the International Space Station and all of us here at Johnson Space Center, we wish you a Happy New Year! <a href="https://t.co/xY2q4LseWM">pic.twitter.com/xY2q4LseWM</a></p> — NASA&#39;s Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1741825941096034373?ref_src=twsr... 1, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The space station celebrates the New Year 16 times a day due to this rapid rotation and constant alternation between day and night. Thanks to this unique environment, astronauts can take advantage of opportunities to expand their knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of cosmic phenomena.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> However, this constant rotation poses a challenge to maintaining the astronauts&#39; biological clock, as the periods of day and night vary frequently, but these challenges come against the unique opportunities that the space station offers for scientific research and a deeper understanding of the phenomena of the universe.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Source: <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/heres-how-astronauts...

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