NASA astronauts cast US election votes from the International Space Station
In a rare event, three American astronauts voted in Tuesday's US midterm elections from the International Space Station, using advanced links to send electronic ballots to officials on Earth.
NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Luke Delaney, and Jessica Watkins have successfully cast their votes from the International Space Station (ISS) using a secure electronic system. Menon shared a video on X, showcasing his "polling station" - his private cabin on the ISS - and explained that his vote was officially recorded in Harris County, Texas, home to the Johnson Space Center.
The voting process relies on NASA's daily data and message exchange infrastructure, with the encrypted ballot transmitted via the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to the relevant county election official. This tradition began in 1997 when Texas law allowed astronauts to vote in US elections while in orbit, with astronaut David Wolf being the first to do so from the Russian space station Mir.
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