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NASA astronauts will cast ballots from space

‘Vote while you float’: NASA astronauts will cast ballots from space

When NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, back in June aboard the debut crewed flight of the Boeing Starliner spaceship, there was no reason to believe they’d be out of pocket for the November election.

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‘Vote while you float’: How 2 ballots will be cast from space

CNN’s Kristen Fisher reports how the two NASA astronauts trapped in space will be able to cast their votes in the presidential election.

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NASA astronauts to cast votes from space on election day

American astronauts from NASA will be on the International Space Station (ISS) on 5 November, Election Day, and will cast their votes via postal ballots, CNN reported. They will float 320 kilometres above the nearest polling station that day.

The Earth Is Getting a Mini-Moon

Earth will get a second moon this month — but not for long

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

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Earth is about to get a new mini-moon

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, according to astronomers. Then, the space rock will return to a heliocentric orbit, which is an orbit around the sun.

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Asteroid to orbit Earth as 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months: When you can see it

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

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NASA takes a giant leap toward streaming 4K video back from the Moon

However, as remarkable a technical achievement as it was to broadcast from the Moon in 1969, the video was grainy and black ...

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Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardous' by NASA, is expected to move 'relatively close' to Earth

A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its ...

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Marvel At This NASA Rover Image Of Earth And Mars Moon Phobos

A Mars scientist shares the inside story of the NASA Curiosity rover's poignant first photo of Earth and Mars moon Phobos ...

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Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday — and NASA Says It's Coming Back

Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...

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NASA watches a peanut-shaped asteroid drift past Earth

Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! The solar system has been passing out peanuts lately in the form of two different oddly ...

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‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know

The asteroid is around 500 feet and will come within 2 million miles of Earth, which is about eight times further than the ...

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NASA issues alert for fast-moving, stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth tonight

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on ...

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NASA rover peers up at space, sees strange Mars moon and distant Earth

The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...

Celebrating the First Earth Day Event at NASA Headquarters

Introduction Organized by the Science Mission Directorate’s Science Support Office (SSO), NASA hosted its 12th annual Earth ...

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 aiming to launch to International Space Station next Thursday

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission is now scheduled to launch Sept. 26 for its journey to the International Space Station, pushing ...

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