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Boeing Starliner astronauts are unexpectedly spending Election Day in space. Here’s how they will cast votes
After NASA’s decision to keep them in space until 2025, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will now cast their votes more than 200 miles above their usual polling place.
Stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts will vote in the presidential election — all the way from space
I sent down my request for a ballot today, as a matter of fact, and they should get it to us in a couple of weeks,” Butch Wilmore said.
Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
'We just ran out of time': Boeing Starliner astronauts on why their spaceship returned to Earth without them
The decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home uncrewed from the ISS was driven in part by time constraints, according to NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.
NASA astronauts left behind by Boeing Starliner share thoughts on saga
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams watched the spacecraft that took them to the International Space Station leave them behind last week as the Boeing Starliner made its return trip to Earth without a crew.
‘Vote while you float’: NASA astronauts will cast ballots from space
A program launched by NASA in the 1990s allows astronauts to vote, even while orbiting 250 miles above their home planet
Americans vote from space: NASA astronauts participate in election
American astronauts from NASA will be on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 5, Election Day, and will cast their votes via mail-in ballots, CNN reported. They will float 320 kilometres above the nearest polling station that day.
Harris County astronaut still plans to vote in 2024 election despite being stranded in space
Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election Day.
Boeing ousts head of troubled space unit after astronauts left stranded, billions in losses
Boeing’s defense, space and security unit, one of its three main businesses, has lost billions of dollars in 2023 and 2022, ...
Elon Musk says the FAA should make Boeing pay for putting the Starliner astronauts at risk, not fine SpaceX 'for trivia'
Elon Musk said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should punish Boeing for its Starliner failures rather than impose ...
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President of Boeing Defense, Space and Security leaving company
The astronauts are scheduled to return next year aboard another craft, extending their stay at the ISS by several months.
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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts speak publicly today for 1st time in 2 months: Watch it live
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Two astronauts are left behind in space as Boeing’s troubled capsule returns to Earth empty
Boeing insisted after extensive testing that Starliner was safe to bring astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home, but NASA disagreed.
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Spacesuits of Boeing-launched astronauts stranded on space station are incompatible with SpaceX craft
Two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station after their Boeing spacecraft malfunctioned could be there much longer than anticipated because of an incompatibility with their ...
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Two astronauts are left behind in space as Boeing's troubled capsule returns to Earth empty
Boeing conducted numerous thruster tests in space and on the ground over the summer, and was convinced its spacecraft could safely bring the astronauts back. But NASA could not get comfortable ...