Sunita Williams voted in the US elections along with 3 NASA astronauts, know how to vote in space

New Delhi : US President Joe Biden called newly elected President Donald Trump today i.e. on Thursday and congratulated him on his victory. In such a situation, Sunita Williams and other NASA astronauts from the International Space Station also voted from space. The astronauts not only voted for their favorite candidate between Kamala Harris and Trump, but also encouraged others to cast their votes.

There are currently four NASA astronauts on the International Space Station. These include Sunita Williams, stranded on the ISS due to mechanical failure, and Crew-9's Don Petit, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore. Sunita Williams described voting as a responsibility and said that the experience of voting from space was unique. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have been stranded on the ISS since June 5.

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How to vote in space

NASA supported the NASA Space Communications and Navigation Program to allow extraterrestrial astronauts to vote in elections. After this, the astronauts on the mission have to register in advance to vote. To do this the astronaut must fill out a federal postcard application.

Please note that this application can also be submitted by other citizens who are abroad on business or on a business trip to another country. When Sunita Williams went to space, she didn't know she would be there until after the election. Even though she is stuck, she was still given this chance.

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Taking and Data Relay Satellite

First, NASA checks whether the astronauts on the mission have enough contacts to meet the deadline. For this purpose, astronauts were sent to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and from there to IIS to test whether they could vote and return their ballots. You will only receive an actual ballot if you pass the test.

After the ballot paper reaches the astronaut, he votes. An encrypted version of this bulletin is uploaded to the ISS computer system. Using NASA's TDRS (Receiving and Data Relay Satellite) satellite, it is transmitted to a ground terminal in New Mexico, where it goes to the county clerk, who adds it to the count.