Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election Day.

A fire that ignited on Monday at a pipeline east of downtown Houston is big enough for astronauts to view from space. As the fire near Deer Park and La Porte continued to burn Tuesday morning, NASA astronaut Don Pettit was able to capture a photo of the flames from a vantage point 250 miles above Earth from aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

A program launched by NASA in the 1990s allows astronauts to vote, even while orbiting 250 miles above their home planet

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