US elections: astronauts on the ISS voted early and published photos from space
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Three astronauts on the ISS cast early votes in the U.S. presidential election through NASA's Space Network. They were part of the 1.2 million early voters in Harris County, Texas.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunny Williams and Don Pettit voted early in the U.S. presidential election from the International Space Station, according to the Harris County Clerk of Court in Texas, reports UNN citing CNN.
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NASA astronauts posted a photo on Instagram of themselves wearing patriotic-colored socks on Election Day. The socks of two astronauts read “Proud to be an American”.
The astronauts who voted are part of the more than 1.2 million people who voted early in Harris County, Texas.
How astronauts vote: ballots cast in space are transmitted to Earth the same way most data is transmitted between the space station and mission control center - through NASA's Near Space Network, a constellation of satellites in space that communicate with antennas on our planet.
“It's a very important responsibility that we have as citizens, and I'm looking forward to being able to vote from space, which is pretty cool,” Williams told reporters during a press conference from the space station on Sept. 13.
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