Texas law has allowed NASA crew members to vote from orbit since 1997, Anadolu Ajansı reported. The outlet said three U.S. astronauts voted in the midterms.
Anadolu Ajansı reported that NASA astronaut Anil Menon said in an X video, “You can even vote from space.” The outlet said Menon and fellow astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney used electronic ballots to submit their votes to U.S. election officials.
County election offices received ballots after NASA’s communications system relayed them via ground facilities, Anadolu Ajansı reported. The outlet said encryption limits access to a completed ballot to the astronaut who cast it and authorized election officials.
The report credited the first U.S. vote from orbit to David Wolf, who cast his ballot while aboard Russia’s Mir space station.
