Even from orbit, NASA astronauts upheld their civic duty in the 2024 US election. Voting from the International Space Station, they demonstrated that distance is no barrier to democracy.

Two NASA astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, will cast their vote for the US elections 2024 from space. They are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, with four onboard, undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module and autonomously redocked to the module’s space-facing port on Sunday.

Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has been stuck in space for nearly five months along with Butch Wilmore. During a recent livestream, Williams sent Diwali Greetings to everyone celebrating the festival of lights in the US and around the globe.

On US election day, astronauts Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams, and Don Pettit shared shared a picture of themselves on Instagram.

Sunita Williams said earlier she plans to cast her vote in the US Presidential Election 2024 are being cast on Tuesday, November 5. Here’s how voting in space works.

To ensure that astronauts can fulfill their civic duties while in space, NASA has implemented a voting plan that allows them to cast their ballots remotely

As millions vote in the 2024 US elections, NASA ensures astronauts like Sunita Williams who are in space can also participate.

American astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) won't have to refrain from taking part in the presidential election just because they aren't on Earth. All four of them - Don Pettit,