Texas allows residents to vote from space. Houston resident David Wolf was the first to vote from space in 1997. Texas county officials work with NASA to prepare ballots and broadcast them to the International Space Station. Other Texan astronauts have also voted from space. Astronauts must exercise daily and earn an annual salary of $64,724 to $141,715 USD. There is no age limit for NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Program.
Texas is the only state that allows its residents to vote from space. The first person to vote from outer space was Houston, Texas resident David Wolf after Texas passed the voting law in 1997. To get all outer space residents to vote, Texas county officials are working with the NASA to prepare the ballots, which are then broadcast by radio. to the International Space Station from Mission Control. Since 1997, other Texan astronauts have voted from space, including Shannon Walker, Douglas Wheelock and Scott Kelly.
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Due to the weightlessness aboard the International Space Station, astronauts must exercise daily to maintain some muscle. Astronauts have to tether themselves to machines like treadmills to use them in the zero-gravity environment.
Astronauts earn an annual salary of between $64,724 and $141,715 USD.
Currently, NASA has no age limit for the Astronaut Candidate Program.
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