NASA is cooking up a standard lunar time zone called Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) to keep future missions on track. This project is tackling the Moon’s weird gravity that messes with timekeeping, and NASA’s ready to solve it with some smart math!
Key Points Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were initially on an eight-day mission at the International Space Station (ISS). Due to technical issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule, their return has been delayed. The Starliner will return to Earth without astronauts aboard, and Williams and Wilmore will return on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The SpaceX Crew Dragon mission, part of a routine rotation, is scheduled to launch next month. Williams and Wilmore will stay at the ISS until February 2025, continuing…