ISS Crew to Raise Toasts for New Year's Eve 16 Times

ISS Crew to Raise Toasts for New Year's Eve 16 Times
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Jan 02, 2015 - The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will have an opportunity to raise their drinks 16 times as they orbit the globe on New Year's Eve, NASA said. Zooming around the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour, the ISS will pass 16 times over places on the planet where it is midnight, although the year 2015 starts officially for the station at midnight by Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in L ... more

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