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.
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.
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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.
How NASA astronauts, including Sunita Williams, voted in US Election 2024 from the ISS
Even from orbit, NASA astronauts upheld their civic duty in the 2024 US election. Voting from the International Space Station, they demonstrated that distance is no barrier to democracy.
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.
From Space, a Call to Vote
It doesn’t matter if you are sitting, standing, or floating–what matters is that you vote!” posted Nick Hague, a NASA astronaut and U.S. Space Force colonel, on social media Tuesday. The post included
How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS
There are four Americans currently living in space, and each has had the opportunity to add their voice to the more than 160 million other Americans able to participate in the 2024 Presidential election.
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Despite being in orbit, American astronauts can vote in the election thanks to a secure space-based voting process. View on euronews
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