Traveling around the Earth at a speed of more than 28.000 kilometers per hour, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) celebrated the coming of the New Year ... 16 times.
The multinational orbital complex completes a complete landing of the Earth every 90 minute and sees the sunrise and sunset 16 times a day.
Officially, the year 2015 started for the station at 02.00:XNUMX Greeces on January 1, midnight Greenwich time.
At that time, the crew was supposed to be asleep, but made a New Year's Exclusion.
The new year's sessions were made with a fruit juice, she said NASA.
The next major day for the station will be 6 January, Feast of the Epiphany in Greece, so plans to launch the Dragon ship carrying supplies.
They live at the station during this time two Americans astronauts, an Italian woman and three Russian cosmonauts.
