三名美国国家航空航天局（NASA）宇航员在国际空间站（ISS）上为2026年美国中期选举投了票，尽管他们身处地球数百英里之上。阿尼尔·梅农、杰西卡·沃特金斯和卢克·德拉尼填写了电子选票，并将其安全发送给得克萨斯州哈里斯县的选举官员。
Three NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have cast their votes in the 2026 US midterm elections, even though they are hundreds of miles above Earth. Anil Menon, Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney filled out electronic ballots and sent them securely to election officials in Harris County, Texas.
梅农于周二（11月3日）在X平台上分享了一段视频，展示了他是如何从睡眠舱内投票的，他称该舱为自己的“投票亭”。他利用舱内的一台电脑完成并提交了选票。
Menon shared a video on X on Tuesday, November 3, showing how he voted from his sleeping compartment, which he called his "voting booth". He used a computer inside the room to complete and submit his ballot." Yes, you can even vote from space!
他写道：“是的，你甚至可以从太空投票！所有三名美国机组成员都有从空间站投票的特权。我们填写了电子选票，并将其安全发送给了选举官员。” 点击此处查看2026年美国中期选举的实时报道。
All three U.S. crew members had the privilege of voting from space station. We filled out an electronic ballot and sent it securely to the election officials," Menon wrote on X. Check live coverage of the 2026 US midterms here.
阿尼尔·梅农展示国际空间站上的投票亭视频中，梅农展示了他狭小的睡眠舱内部，他在其中利用电脑完成了美国中期选举的投票过程。随后，他将电子选票发送给了哈里斯县，该县负责处理许多NASA宇航员的投票事务，因为NASA的约翰逊航天中心和任务控制中心位于休斯顿。
Anil Menon shows his voting booth aboard ISSIn the video, Menon gives a look inside his small sleeping compartment, where he completed the US midterm voting process using his computer. He then sent the electronic ballot to Harris County, which handles voting for many NASA astronauts because it is home to the agency's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control in Houston.
这三名宇航员遵循相同的流程，确保他们的选票尽管远离地球，仍能送达选举官员。
The three astronauts followed the same process to make sure their votes reached election officials despite being away from Earth.
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NASA宇航员如何从太空投票？从太空投票之所以成为可能，是因为得克萨斯州于1997年通过了一项法律，允许宇航员在执行太空任务期间投票。
Voting from space is possible because Texas passed a law in 1997 allowing astronauts to cast their ballots while on space missions.
据NASA介绍，宇航员首先提交联邦明信片申请以请求缺席选票。收到电子选票后，他们在国际空间站上填写，并通过NASA的通信系统发送。
According to NASA, astronauts first submit a Federal Post Card Application to request an absentee ballot. Once they receive the electronic ballot, they fill it out aboard the ISS and send it through NASA's communication system.
选票经由跟踪和数据中继卫星系统传输至位于新墨西哥州NASA白沙试验场的地面天线。
The ballot travels through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to a ground antenna at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
随后，NASA将其传送至休斯敦的约翰逊航天中心，再发送给相关县书记官。该流程还保护每一票的隐私。NASA表示，选票经过加密，只有宇航员和负责计票的县书记官才能访问。美国中期选举：六大领先预测机构如何看待2026年选举结果谁是第一位从太空投票的宇航员？
NASA then transfers it to Johnson Space Center in Houston before sending it to the relevant county clerk. The process also protects the privacy of each vote. NASA said the ballot is encrypted and can only be accessed by the astronaut and the county clerk responsible for counting it.US midterms: What six leading forecasters predict about 2026 election outcomeWho was the first astronaut to vote from space?NASA astronauts have been voting from space since 1997.
NASA宇航员自1997年起即可从太空投票。第一位这样做的是大卫·沃尔夫，他在俄罗斯“和平号”空间站生活期间投出了选票。
The first to do so was David Wolf, who cast his ballot while living aboard Russia's Mir space station.
国际空间站直到2000年11月才迎来首批乘组，因此沃尔夫的选票来自另一个空间实验室。
The International Space Station did not receive its first crew until November 2000, so Wolf's vote came from a different space laboratory.
梅农于2026年7月乘坐俄罗斯“联盟号”飞船抵达国际空间站。沃特金斯和德莱尼于10月1日作为SpaceX“载人-13”任务的一部分加入他。
Menon arrived at the ISS in July 2026 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Watkins and Delaney joined him on October 1 as part of SpaceX's Crew-13 mission.
这三名美国宇航员目前正与来自加拿大和俄罗斯的其他四名乘组成员一起生活在国际空间站上。
The three Americans are currently living aboard the ISS with four other crew members from Canada and Russia.