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[Síguenos ahora también en WhatsApp. Da clic aquí] Suni Williams and Butch Wilmoretwo astronauts who went to International Space Station (EEI) in June last year and due to technical
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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmoretwo astronauts who went to International Space Station (EEI) in June last year and due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner they won’t be back until February 2025, they have secured their right to vote in the US presidential election on November 5.
This was confirmed this week at a conference in a video released by NASA. encourage participation in elections, which they considered “an important duty of all citizens.”
Both have requested the so-called “space mail vote”A the right of American astronauts This was permitted by a law passed in Texas in 1997 and has already been enforced several times.
Voices from space are transmitted to Earth via NASA’s Near Space Network. a communication service commonly used on the ISS that allows spacecraft to exchange critical data with mission controllers on Earth.
The astronauts will cast their votes, which will be delivered via secure electronic transmission to the county clerk’s office.in Texas (USA), where NASA’s Johnson Space Flight Center is located.
According to NASA, astronauts receive an encrypted electronic form, fill it out, and send it back to Earth.
Wilmore and Williams took off from Florida on June 5 aboard the Starliner spacecraft bound for the ISS as part of the Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission, which was expected to last just over a week.
However, shortly before arriving at the station They discovered helium leaks and failures in the fuel systems, forcing the mission’s duration to be extended.
September 6, Starliner departed the ISS without two crew members and landed successfully at White Sands approximately six hours later.which capped an eventful mission aimed at certifying the capsule with NASA so it could operate as a transport and cargo service.
Two astronauts, known colloquially as Butch and Sunni, They will return aboard the Space X Dragon capsule. in February, but will be able to take part in the presidential elections on November 5.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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