what time is it in outer space where the astronauts are?

Answer 1

depends where they sinc. thier watchs to

Answer 2

The same time it is everywhere on Earth. Remember that the time is the same everywhere on Earth, it just seems different because the Sun only faces part of the Earth at a time.

Because the International Space Station revolves around the Earth several times a day, using a solar day like we have on Earth makes little sense. They probably link their clocks to some standard (probably either Houston local time or Greenwich mean time) to make it easier for themselves to line up their schedules, as well as making it easier to talk with the support team on Earth.

Answer 3

Because the time zones are only here on Earth and because the Space station orbits the Earth about every 90 minutes, all the astronauts can measure is elapsed time. They have no "time" as such.

Answer 4

Hmm...

Well, astronauts probably just use the "universal clock", or GMT.

There's really no time system that would make sense in outer space though is there?

Answer 5

They go by Greenwich Mean Time. Nasa's clocks are set to the time standard regulated by the National Observatory, which keeps time with that famous "atomic clock". Said observatory runs two radio stations - WWV in Colorado and WWVH in Hawaii that continually transmit the time. You can listen on a general coverage radio reciever tuned to 5 MhZ, 10 MhZ, 15 Mhz, or 20 Mhz. You can also buy clocks that are also radio recievers that automatically update themselves using those radio signals mentioned. Radio Shack, K-Mart, Wal-mart and Target are four stores here in Upstate New York that sell them, and they retail for as little as $19.95 - sometimes less on sale.

Answer 6

Commonly, we use the international time standard, essentially London. If you hear some expression like "zulu" that is the code for the time at the prime meridian. Otherwise, references are usually voiced in terms of the mission control center communicating, but that is normally for personal reference concerning family messages.

Answer 7

It works the same as ships at sea. The time on board the ship is the same as the time in the home port. In the case of the shuttle, it's "home port" is Cape Canaveral so it is US Eastern Time.

Answer 8

not really anytime,that is an Earthly thing.It's always kinda dark in space.