The International Space Station photographed an sunrise as it flew over the South American continent. The image is from NASA.
The International Space Station has only 37 crew members in history to be in space as Earth begins another revolution around the Sun.
The space station circled the planet on New Year's Day as the crew members celebrated.
The crew celebrated together with a traditional dinner hosted by a German.
I wish you all a happy new year! Maurer shared a time-lapse video of the dinner and wrote " Cosmic greetings and #cosmic kisses." See you all next year!
The International Space Station taught us a few things.
In a NASA video, Marsburn said it was a privilege to have the perspective of seeing so many countries. It is possible to go from one side of the Earth to another in a few minutes.
"We get to see the sunrise many times a day, so it's cool that people wake up to a New Year each time we see that sunrise," said Chari.
Just in time for New Year's Eve and the next big dinner for many, here's a little time-lapse of the special dinner we enjoyed aboard the space station. Cosmic greetings and kisses. See you all next year!
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The crew of the space station travel at 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h) above Earth and experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets each day. 5 hours before the ball dropped in New York City, the crew struck midnight because they observed the time on the outpost.
"I'm looking forward to the next year," he said. "All the science that we want to run here, all the experiments that will be a great start to the new year!"
The International Space Station has 22 contingents to celebrate the New Year. For the first time, they are not the only crew in space.
The three members of China's Shenzhou 13 mission, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, are marking the day aboard their country's burgeoning space station. The Chinese space station is expected to be finished in 2022.
The one Chinese crew and 22 International Space Station expeditions were not the only ones that were off for New Year's.
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