An Apollo 17 astronaut standing upon the lunar surface with the United States flag in the background.
The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a first-ever unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies by the end of 2026, as part of a push by the U.S. to set international norms in space. The prospect of a lunar time-zone comes as the U.S. and private companies are rushing to send astronauts to the moon in the coming years, some hoping to deliver internet services to the lunar surface and expand exploration efforts.from Arati Prabhakar, head of the U.S.
OSTP Deputy Director for National Security Steve Welby said in a statement that the White House is aiming to establish celestial time standards “for safety and accuracy” as NASA, private companies and international space agencies prepare to launch missions to the moon and other celestial bodies such as Mars.
Currently, time on Earth and at the International Space Station, which is in low orbit, are tracked by atomic clocks under Coordinated Universal Time , the international basis of civil and scientific time. But the time zone in space is not quite the same as on Earth due to differences in gravity and other factors. Time on the moon moves 58.7 microseconds, or millionths of a second, faster each day than on Earth, according to the White House memo.
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