The European Space Agency will consider giving the moon its own time zone for accuracy in recording time considering nations from different time zones are planning lunar missions.
Under the current system, astronauts use the time of the nation that is operating a spacecraft. But with more missions looming, scientists are looking for a more efficient way of recording and communicating accurate times.
NASA grappled with a similar dilemma when constructing the International Space Station more than two decades ago. But instead of figuring out a unique time zone for the station, scientists rely on Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, which is reportedly based on atomic clocks. other programs in Russian, Japan and Europe.This satellite image provided by NASA Sept.
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