NASA astronaut Anil Menon casts US midterm vote from space
Anil Menon, an astronaut with the US space agency NASA, has voted in the US midterm elections by electronic ballot from the International Space Station. He sent it to election officials in Harris County, Texas.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon has voted in the US midterm elections from the International Space Station, which orbits the Earth. He cast his vote with an electronic ballot, a rare case of a voter making a choice from beyond the planet.
How the vote was cast
Menon said he filled out the ballot on his computer aboard the station. He then sent it to election officials in Harris County, in the US state of Texas.
All US crew members could vote
In a social media post, the astronaut said all three US crew members currently onboard had the chance to take part in the election. The source does not say whether the other two Americans used that opportunity.
The midterm elections are being held in the United States in 2026, and news outlets are following them live. Menon's ballot shows that American citizens whose work keeps them in orbit can still take part in the voting process by sending their ballots back to the responsible election authorities on Earth.
