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It's Election Day for four NASA astronauts too. Here's how their ballots get counted
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,
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.
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.
NASA mystery as astronauts rushed to hospital after returning from space
Four NASA astronauts were rushed to hospital on return to Earth after spending over 200 days on The International Space Station.
NASA astronauts to redock SpaceX Dragon at International Space Station: How to watch
Astronauts at the International Space Station will move a SpaceX Dragon to a new port to make way for an uncrewed spacecraft on a resupply mission.
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.
Can astronauts vote from space?
NASA said votes are transmitted from space similar to the way most data is, being transmitted from the International Space Station to the Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston through NASA's Near Space Network, which connects missions within 1.2 million miles of Earth with communications and navigation services.
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.
Why can't active NASA astronauts endorse US presidential candidates?
NASA astronauts can vote from space, but why can't they endorse political candidates? As it turns out, U.S. federal law ...
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Fact Check: Do NASA Astronauts Need To Evacuate Leaking ISS?
Speculation has been growing over leaks on the International Space Station (ISS), with reports in the media suggesting that ...
See the polar moon sites where NASA plans to land its astronauts
NASA has plans to send astronauts back to the moon in 2026. Now, it is sharing a short list of locations where they could ...
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Nasa astronauts cast absentee ballots for US election from Space Station
Four NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have requested absentee ballots for Election Day. Astronaut ...
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Astronauts Will Be Rocking Prada Spacesuits When They Return To The Moon's Surface For The First Time Since 1972
The astronauts slated to return to the moon’s surface in 2026 as part of NASA’s first human mission to the lunar South Pole ...