Four American astronauts plan to vote from space this year
From left to right, NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, along with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. | Image: NASA
Up to four American astronauts plan to vote in the general election from orbit this year, continuing a long tradition of people casting their ballots from space.
The first astronaut slated to arrive at the ISS ahead of the election is Kate Rubins, who is launching on a Russian Soyuz rocket on October 14th along with two Russian cosmonauts. Rubins told the Associated Press she plans to cast her ballot while in orbit. “I think it’s really important for everybody to vote,” Rubins told the AP. “If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground, too.”
She’ll then be joined by three more American astronauts — Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker — who will be on...