American Astronauts Cast Ballots, From Out Of The World.

In today’s Election Day activity, the most precious three votes were the highlight of the event. These three votes were not from earth, these votes were casted by the three American astronauts flying on the International Space Station. They still voted as an idol citizen, even from space!

U.S. Army Col. Douglas Wheelock, physicist Shannon Walker and Navy Capt. Scott Kelly – these were the names of the precious NASA's astronauts voters who casted their votes at the  space station from 220 miles (354 km) above Earth, in their local county elections of in and around hudson.

The ballots are kept very carefully and transparently prepared by county officials and beamed up from Mission Control. It is NASA’s plan to help space station crewmembers stay involved with their local politics; hence they make arrangements with county officials that allow astronauts to vote from space.

 

"I voted on Sunday through an electronic e-mail system," Kelly spoke via a video link today. "I think Texas actually passed a law where we could vote from space, and it felt like an honor and privilege to exercise our rights as U.S. citizens from the International Space Station."

Astronaut David Wolf, was the first astronaut to cast a vote from Russia's Mir Space Station at election time in 1997. It was since then, the Texas law is passed to grant the ability to American astronauts have been able to vote each time.