New year on ISS will meet 15 times

2017-12-31 16:18

New year on ISS will meet 15 times
The astronauts will meet the New 2018 over the Pacific ocean between Australia and New Zealand.

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Cosmonauts and astronauts are currently working on the International space station (ISS), will celebrate the New year 15 times, reports Rus.Media. About it Interfax was informed in the mission control Center.

New year on Board the ISS for the first time on 31 December at 15:26 local time. After that, making a space flight, station 15 times cross time zones, where already the new year has begun.

The second time the cosmonauts and astronauts will have the opportunity to congratulate each other at 17:00 on Kiev over Australia (00:00 in Tokyo), followed by 1 January 2018 at 23:00 Kyiv time over the southern part of the Atlantic ocean between Africa and South America, 7:00 – Brazil (New year in Washington), 8:00 – over Australia (00:00 in Houston).

The final time the crew will be able to celebrate the New year in 13:02 in Kiev January 1, 2018 over the Pacific ocean (East of New Zealand).

GMT January 1, 2018 (2:00 Kyiv time) at the station will come when the flight path of the International space station pass over Cape horn.

Currently aboard the ISS runs of 54 and the international expedition consisting of NASA astronauts Joseph acaba, Mark Vande Hai, Scott Tnpa and JAXA astronaut Norse Kanae, as well as astronauts Roscosmos Alexander Marky and Anton Shkaplerov.