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The first American to vote for president in space was Leroy Chiao in 2004 who was onboard the ISS in 2004. [11] American astronaut Kathleen Rubins voted on the ISS on two occasions, in 2016 and 2020. [2] While most astronauts live in, and are registered to vote in, Texas, some are registered elsewhere in the country.
The need to vote from space was the result of longer missions — as NPR reported, the typical mission on the since-retired Space Shuttle was less than two weeks. However, nowadays astronauts can ...
NASA astronaut David Wolf was the first American to vote from space aboard Russia’s Mir Space Station, which was operated from 1986 to 2001. And, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins was the latest ...
The crew - including two stuck there after the Boeing Starliner malfunctioned - will beam their votes back to Earth thanks to a high-tech encrypted system.
José Moreno Hernández (born August 7, 1962) is a Mexican-American engineer [3] and astronaut. He currently serves as a Regent of the University of California. Hernández was on the Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in August 2009. He also served as chief of the Materials and Processes branch of Johnson Space Center.
Mir = Launched to be part of the crew of the Mir Space Station; ISS = Launched to be part of the crew of the International Space Station. Names of astronauts returning from the Mir or ISS on the Space Shuttle are shown in italics. They did not have specific crew roles, but are listed in the Payload Specialist columns for reasons of space.
First astronaut votes from space in 1997. Before the era of the space station, American astronauts weren't away from Earth long enough to lose out on exercising their civic duty.
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. [1] [3] Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10, where he lived on board the International Space Station from October 13, 2004 to April 24, 2005. [1]