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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 specifically prohibits them from doing so.
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
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.
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.
How do astronauts cast their votes from space? NASA answers
Astronauts fill out a request for an absentee ballot, then fill out an electronic ballot, which flows through NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to a ground antenna at the White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
How are NASA astronauts voting from space on US election day?
NASA started this 'voting from space' system back in 1997, when Texas passed a law allowing astronauts to vote from orbit. Since then, space voting has become a cherished NASA tradition.
How do astronauts vote in space?
In space, hundreds of miles above Earth, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are voting in the 2024 presidential election. There are four Americans currently aboard the orbiting laboratory,
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Astronaut Suni Williams 'in good health' on the ISS, NASA says, refuting tabloid claims
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Mystery as four NASA astronauts hospitalized after return from International Space station
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Fact Check: Do NASA Astronauts Need To Evacuate Leaking ISS?
Despite the leaks and the OIG's heightened concerns, there is no need for immediate evacuation or panic. NASA is committed to ...
Who are the Boeing Starliner astronauts stuck in space, and why are they still there?
They’re outer this world. It’s been almost six months since technical issues stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams onboard the International Space Station.
NASA's Starliner astronauts to achieve feat, technically, during SpaceX Dragon relocation
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See the polar moon sites where NASA plans to land its astronauts
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Why Stranded NASA Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore Weren't on SpaceX Capsule’s Return Voyage
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore—who have been in space since June after their eight-day mission went awry—did not catch a ride back to Earth on SpaceX's latest return capsule. Here's why.
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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 ...