Sunita Williams is experiencing 16 sunrises and sunsets daily in space

The astronauts living in the International Space Station (ISS), 400 km above the earth, do not see sunrise or sunset just once a day. This happens with them 16 times. Currently, Indian -origin astronaut Sunita Williams is also on ISS and she also sees the Sun 16 times every day rising and emerging. When Sunita came to India in 2013, she shared this incident. Significantly, Sunita Williams was honored at Gujraj University.

Sharing her experience, Sunita had told that I wanted to go to space and worked hard for it. I was lucky that I found 16 sunrise and sunset a day in a high -speed spacecraft.

Sunita Williams has once again reached space. His partner Buch Wilmor and other Astronauts are also there. Sunita and Buch flew in Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft. After docking the ISS, the starliner malfunctions and had to be brought to the earth without astronauts. Because of this, Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore remained in space. Now he will be able to return to Earth in February next year.

Why is ISS 16 times sunrise

According to the report, the speed of the International Space Station is 28,000 kilometers per hour. He applies a circle of the earth in 90 minutes. Due to such a high speed around the earth, astronauts look at sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes. This happens only once a day with the common man.

When astronauts are on ISS, they either have sunrise or sunrise every 45 minutes. During this time, Astronauts follow universal time and complete their daily functioning accordingly.