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Rubins is just outside Moscow in Star City, Russia, preparing with two cosmonauts for a mid-October launch and a six-month stay at the International Space Station.

Texas law allows them to vote from space using a secure electronic ballot. The Crew-1 astronauts, from left to right: Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Soichi ... [+] Noguchi. This isn’t even the first time Rubins has exercised her orbital privilege; she also voted in the 2016 presidential election from the space station — listing her address as “low-Earth orbit.”, “I think it’s really important for everybody to vote,” Rubins said.

Expedition 64 crew member NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, is seen during Soyuz qualification exams Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 at … "It's critical to participate in our democracy," Rubins told The Associated Press. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Texas lawmakers approved the measure in 1997, and then-Gov. Andrey Shelepin/AP Astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above since the Texas legislature gave its blessing in 1997. But with the advent of the space station, Americans were sometimes on missions for months at a time. 140,625, This story has been shared 72,860 times. Crew-1 follows the successful Demo-2 mission in May 2020. “I think it’s really important for everybody to vote,” Rubins said. This isn't even the first time Rubins has exercised her orbital privilege; she also voted in the 2016 presidential election from the space station — listing her address as "low-Earth orbit.

Privacy Notice American astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above for over two decades now, ever since a Texas lawmaker learned that astronaut John Blaha couldn't vote in the 1996 presidential race between President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. "Using a set of unique credentials sent to each of them by e-mail, astronauts can access their ballots, cast their votes, and downlink them back down to Earth," the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum explained in 2018.

“He expressed a little bit disappointment in not being able to do that,” Republican state Sen. Mike Jackson told NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce in 2008. During their time on board, the crew will perform a number of experiments.

“If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground, too.”. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. That same year, astronaut David Wolf became the first American to “vote while you float,” as NASA cheekily put it. “It made me feel closer to the Earth and like the people of Earth actually cared about me up there.”, Most NASA astronauts live in Houston, so since that Texas law was passed, several astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above. NASA astronaut Kate Rubins participates in Soyuz qualification exams on Wednesday at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center just outside Moscow.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins participates in Soyuz qualification exams on Wednesday at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center just outside Moscow.

“We consider it an honor to be able to vote from space.”.

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