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Here’s how stranded American astronauts will vote from space

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Astronauts Stranded in Space Will Be Rescued in 2025. Here's How

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were supposed to be on the International Space Station for eight days. They've now been there for 14 weeks.

Here’s how the stranded American astronauts will vote from space

The four other American astronauts currently aboard the ISS won’t be voting from space. Tracy Caldwell Dyson is scheduled to return to Earth on Sept. 23. Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps will return on Oct. 6.

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Even the Stranded Astronauts Are Voting in the 2024 Election from Space: 'It’s a Very Important Duty'

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams — who are stuck in space due to mechanical issues with their shuttle — shared that they are still planning to vote in the upcoming presidential electi

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Harris County astronaut still plans to vote in 2024 election despite being stranded in space

Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election Day.

Deseret News on MSN · 1d

‘Vote while you float’: NASA astronauts will cast ballots from space

A program launched by NASA in the 1990s allows astronauts to vote, even while orbiting 250 miles above their home planet

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 arrives at KSC to prep for launch, teaming up with Starliner astronauts

Crew-9's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 2:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral ...

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Mannequins flew around the moon on a path astronauts could soon take. Scientists just revealed how they fared

Detectors inside Artemis I’s Orion capsule show how much radiation exposure its mannequins underwent and how effective a ...

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Astronauts may need medical evacuation from one-third of moon missions

Medically evacuating an astronaut from space is difficult and expensive, and a new model predicts that one in three ...

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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth

Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due to time-dilation effects.

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Stuck-in-space astronauts reflect on being left behind and adjusting to life in orbit

The astronauts stuck in space say it was hard to see their Boeing capsule leave without them. Their public comments Friday ...

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Astronauts left behind by Starliner set for press conference from ISS: Timeline of space saga

Three months after the Starliner launched, NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams remain in space. Here's a timeline ...

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The executive in charge of the division that has 2 astronauts stuck in space is leaving Boeing

Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing's defense, space, and security division is leaving the company effective immediately, CEO ...

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Starliner Astronauts Say What They’ll Miss During Extended Stay in Space

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore of NASA spoke from the International Space Station for the first time since their Boeing ...

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Boeing ousts head of troubled space unit after astronauts left stranded, billions in losses

Boeing’s defense, space and security unit, one of its three main businesses, has lost billions of dollars in 2023 and 2022, ...

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