NASA astronauts to cast votes from space
‘Vote while you float’: NASA astronauts will cast ballots from space
When NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, back in June aboard the debut crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner spaceship, there was no reason to believe they’d be out of pocket for the November election.
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After NASA’s decision to keep them in space until 2025, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now cast their votes more than 200 miles above their usual polling place.
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A pair of NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) expressed their excitement to vote in the upcoming US presidential election from space, video posted on Tuesday, September 17,
Boeing Starliner astronauts will cast their votes from space
After NASA’s decision to keep them in space until 2025, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now cast their votes more than 200 miles above their usual polling place.
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NASA astronauts to cast votes from space on election day
American astronauts from NASA will be on the International Space Station (ISS) on 5 November, Election Day, and will cast their votes via postal ballots, CNN reported. They will float 320 kilometres above the nearest polling station that day.
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