The International Space Station, which orbits the Earth at a height of around 400 kilometres, is where the astronaut is reportedly located.
Hyderabad: A few days ago, everyone in the world was getting ready to ring in the new year. And as was to be expected, a number of lasts for 2022 were seen on the day before the new year. Then, on January 1, 2023, several more first events of the year were noted.
The first sunrise of 2023 was the most wonderful of all of them. One may catch a peek of the first dawn from space in a video posted by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata that is now doing the rounds on social media.
Happy New Year,” he stated while posting the video. This is the first dawn captured from the ISS in Japan. May you all have a successful year in this Year of the Rabbit.
The International Space Station, which orbits the Earth at a height of around 400 kilometres, is where the astronaut is reportedly located.
The faint blue line along the horizon is initially visible in the two minutes, 13 seconds of the movie before a little white light begins to encircle the planet.
It is the first time in human history that the start of the New Year and the global dawn have occurred at the same moment, according to KIBO Space Broadcasting Station.
