ISS and the PCO will not be in the winter time

Clocks the International Space Station (ISS) and the Mission Control Center in Zvezdnom town will not move an hour ago to switch to winter time. Inhabitants of the ISS will continue to live in Greenwich, and employees PCO - on maternity time, said Interfax, citing the head of press service Valery Lyndina PCO.

Lyndin explained that the practice of maintaining a unified UTC to the ISS was supported by parties involved in the project from different countries. "This is beneficial for us and for the European TsUPa, but because of too much difference between Time Zone is not too convenient for Houston, as our American colleagues constantly complain."

Podmoskovnye PCO "live" on maternity time since its inception. HealthScout was introduced in Russia in 1930 with the aim of making better use of electricity. It coincides with the current winter time, and an hour behind from the summer (the difference between maternity time and GMT time is three hours). In addition to PCO Daylight Time introduced at all Russian Manned and unmanned spacecraft, as well as ground surveillance.

Russia, as well as some 110 countries (including USA, Canada, Mexico, European states) will shift to winter time on the night of 25 to 26 October. Arrows will be transferred to three hours local time.