NASA Will Create a New Time Zone for the Moon ... - Smithsonian Magazine
Apr 4, 2024 · The White House has tasked NASA with establishing a time standard for the moon, called Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), by 2026. LTC will help with precise navigation, docking and landing of...
NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's ... - NPR
Apr 9, 2024 · As the world prepares for a new space race, the Biden Administration is calling on NASA to create a moon-based time standard. That's because time ticks by faster on the moon relative to...
NASA to Develop Lunar Time Standard for Exploration Initiatives
Sep 12, 2024 · NASA is developing a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) to enable a future lunar ecosystem and long-duration exploration. LTC will be based on atomic clocks at the Moon and compensate for relativity effects.
White House directs NASA to create standard of time for the moon - NBC News
Apr 4, 2024 · The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a...
White House directs NASA to create a new time zone for the moon
Apr 7, 2024 · The White House wants NASA to define a lunar time standard by 2026, as part of its Artemis program to establish a long-term presence on the moon. The new time zone, called Coordinated Lunar...
Exclusive: White House directs NASA to create time standard for the moon
WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set...
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases …
Apr 2, 2024 · A unified time standard—Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)—will act as the established standard to enable cislunar operations and can be tied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the primary time...
Lunar time scale: What time is it on the moon? Scientists say it’s ...
Scientists aren’t just looking to create a new “time zone” on the moon, as some headlines have suggested, said Cheryl Gramling, the lunar position, navigation, and timing and standards …
White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard
Apr 3, 2024 · NASA is directed to create a new time standard based on UTC but adapted to operations on the moon by 2026. The policy aims to improve navigation and related services on and around the moon for...
NASA told to set time on the moon by 2026 - The Washington Post
The White House has instructed NASA to standardize time on the moon by 2026, to be known as Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC), as the U.S. continues its presence there.