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NASA astronaut voted from space

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NASA astronaut voted from space
NASA astronaut voted from space

The US presidential election is reaching space.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins announced that she voted in secure, electronic ballot in a makeshift voting booth.

Astronaut voted from space votes are even being cast from the international space station..

The u-s presidential election is reaching space.

In a tweet, nasa astronaut kate rubins announced that she voted in a secure, electronic ballot in a makeshift voting booth.

In october, rubins said that it is critical to participate in our democracy... and considered it an honor to be able to vote from space.

L3: election 2020 white kate rubins nasa astronaut kate rubins/ nasa astronaut: "there's legislation passed a number of years ago to allow astronauts to vote in space.

Uh, i think a lot of astronauts, uh, do this.

They, they feel that it's very important.

/ space, uh, then i believe folks can do it from the ground too."

Rubins also cast her ballot from the international space station during the 2016 election.

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