The crew - including two stuck there after the Boeing Starliner malfunctioned - will beam their votes back to Earth thanks to a high-tech encrypted system.

The history of space voting starts in 1996 when astronaut John Blaha couldn’t physically vote in that year’s presidential race between President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Blaha was stationed aboard the now-defunct Russian Mir Space Station, a predecessor to the International Space Station.

Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they will vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election from space.

Four American astronauts from low Earth orbit will vote in the U.S. presidential election. They are currently aboard the International Space Station. Two of them were supposed to return to Earth several months ago,

Williams said in September that the astronauts planned to set up a voting booth at the International Space Station. She added that she had already asked the U.S. Postal Service for an absentee ballot.

Despite being in orbit, American astronauts can vote in the election thanks to a secure space-based voting process. View on euronews

Four American astronauts from low Earth orbit will vote in the U.S. presidential election. They are currently on board the International Space Station. Two of them were supposed to have returned to Earth several months ago,