NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-132 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station on May 21, 2010. During the six-hour, 46-minute spacewalk, Reisman and NASA astronaut Michael Good (out of frame), mission specialist, completed the installation of the final two of the six new batteries for the B side of the port 6 solar array. In addition, the astronauts installed a backup ammonia jumper cable between the port 4 and 5 trusses of the station, transferred a Power and Data Grapple Fixture from the shuttle to the station, and reconfigured some tools. UPI/NASA. | License Photo
A secure electronic ballot, uplinked from NASA's Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center in Houston, can be accessed by Fincke and Chamitoff, who cast their votes and downlinked the ballot to Houston, after which an e-mail to the Harris and Brazoria County Clerk's office recorded their votes.
Texas legislators set up the procedure for astronauts -- nearly all of whom live in Houston -- to vote from space in a 1997 bill.
As other Americans exercised their franchise, the two did so while traveling 17,500 mph -- a bit fast for stopping at a local polling place.
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