The astronauts stuck at the International Space Station are voting Tuesday — here’s how
The crew - including two stuck there after the Boeing Starliner malfunctioned - will beam their votes back to Earth thanks to a high-tech encrypted system.
Astronauts to cast historic votes from space in 2024 election
Two of them were supposed to return to Earth several months ago, but plans have changed. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from NASA launched in June to the International Space Station on the first crewed test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Four NASA astronauts requested absentee ballots to vote from space
I got my ballot in and made sure that mine got counted,” Astronaut Butch Wilmore said Tuesday during a talk with students at Tennessee Tech University.
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It's Election Day for millions of Texas voters, but that doesn't mean you have to be in Texas — or even on Earth — to have your vote counted. Four NASA astronauts are using electronic ballots this election cycle to vote from the International Space Station,
Remember those Starliner astronauts still in space? Don’t worry, they can vote.
Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, four Americans are in space who may want to vote. Fortunately for them, NASA has long had a plan to make it possible.
Here’s How US Astronauts Voted From Space
Space station astronauts used NASA’s communications network to cast their ballots from over 200 miles above Earth.
How do astronauts vote in the US election from space?
The history of space voting starts in 1996 when astronaut John Blaha couldn’t physically vote in that year’s presidential race between President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Blaha was stationed aboard the now-defunct Russian Mir Space Station, a predecessor to the International Space Station.
How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS
If they can manage to vote from space, you can sure manage to get to your polling place to cast a ballot of your own.
As the US heads to the polls, here’s how astronauts cast their votes from space during US election
Despite being in orbit, American astronauts can vote in the election thanks to a secure space-based voting process. View on euronews
American astronauts in space can vote too. Here's how they do it.
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