[HIGHLIGHTS] The White House asks NASA to establish a reference lunar time

The White House asks NASA to establish a reference lunar time. A project that will see the light of day by 2026, the year when Americans plan to return to the Moon.

The goal is to link Lunar Coordinated Time (LTC) to Universal Coordinated time (UTC), which serves as a reference on Earth for setting clocks. The American space agency plans to land its astronauts on the Moon from 2026 at the earliest, as part of the Artemis missions. The White House has asked NASA to collaborate with the departments of State, Commerce, Defense and Transportation to carry out its mission.