For example, service covered by the Foreign Service Pension System is potentially (but not fully) creditable when an employee waives his or her rights to benefits under that system and makes the required FERS deposit to OPM. Break in Service of Three Days or Less That Includes Dec. 31, 2012.
The average distance to Mars from Earth is 140,000,000 miles or 225,000,000 kilometers. However, this value varies because the Earth's orbit around the sun is smaller than Mars' orbit. Continue Reading
On average, Venus is the nearest, but depending on where Earth and Venus are in their orbits, the distance varies from 38 million to 261 million kilometers. Mars is the other nearby planet and its distance from Earth varies between 55 million and 401 million kilometers.