# New Year for Astronauts...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-for-astronauts/222335>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-for-astronauts/222335 "2004-01-02T19:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![dennis1313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@dennis1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dennis1313)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-for-astronauts/222335/1 "2004-01-02T19:06:16Z")

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I understand how New Year ripples over the Earth timezone by timezone. When did (or should have) the astronauts on the International Space Station move into 2004?

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-for-astronauts/222335/2 "2004-01-02T19:13:36Z")

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From [CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com), [When do you celebrate New Year in orbit?](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/31/russia.iss.ap/index.html):

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> U.S. Astronaut Michael Foale and his Russian crew mate Alexander Kaleri, who arrived on the orbiting outpost in October for a six-month stint, said in a video hookup Wednesday that they would toast each other when the clock strikes midnight in London since the station’s clock is set to GMT.