US Election Results 2024: Sunita Williams to cast ballot from ‘250 miles above Earth’. How NASA astronauts vote in space
The other two NASA astronauts who planned to vote in space are Nick Hague and Don Pettit. But how do you vote when you are ...
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US Election: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit vote early from space
Voting from space is a fascinating process: astronauts transmit their ballots back to Earth using the same technology that facilitates communication between the space station and mission control. This ...