Scientists Call for New Lunar Time Zone, Amid Growing Number , of Missions to the Moon .<br />Fox News reports that <br />the European Space Agency (ESA) plans <br />to give the moon its own time zone. .<br />According to Pietro Giordano, a navigation system engineer <br />for the ESA, scientists want to find a "common lunar <br />reference time" to keep track of time when on the moon.<br />A joint international effort is now <br />being launched towards achieving this, Pietro Giordano, navigation system engineer <br />for the ESA, via Fox News.<br />The news comes as private companies and <br />nations have plans to travel to the moon. .<br />Fox News reports the idea of creating a new <br />lunar time zone was first introduced during <br />a meeting in the Netherlands in 2022.<br />Currently, astronauts use the time <br />of the nation operating the mission <br />while in space or around the moon.<br />As the number of lunar missions grows, scientists <br />are searching for a more efficient way of <br />accurately recording and communicating time.<br />Fox News reports that NASA faced a similar <br />decision when construction of the International <br />Space Station began over twenty years ago.<br />Rather than determining a unique time <br />zone for the ISS, scientists use Coordinated <br />Universal Time (UTC) based on atomic clocks.<br />Fox News reports that UTC takes into account the difference between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency <br />and other space programs in Japan, Europe and Russia.<br />Fox News reports that UTC takes into account the difference between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency <br />and other space programs in Japan, Europe and Russia
