NASA Astronaut And Texas Resident Plans To Cast Her Next Vote From Space

Kate Rubins, NASA Astronaut and Texas resident, says that she plans to cast her next vote from space.

According to Texas law, this is completely allowed. Her vote will be cast using a secure electronic ballot. Mission Control will forward the ballot to the space space station and relay the completed ballot back to the county clerk.

Currently, Rubins is in Russia preparing for a mid-October launch for a six-month stay at the International Space Station with two cosmonauts. Rubins, who was the first person to sequence DNA in space, will be working on a cardiovascular experiment and conducting experiments using the space station's Cold Atom Lab in the ISS.

She told the Associated Press, "I think it's really important for everybody to vote. If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do it from the ground, too."

Rubins, who lives in Houston, says that voting is a very important thing to participate in and considers it an honor to be able to take part in such a unique way of casting a vote. "It's critical to participate in our democracy. We consider it an honor to be able to vote from space," she said.

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