Yes, you can vote from space: NASA astronauts cast ballots 250 miles above Earth for midterm elections
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What happened
ISTANBUL : As millions of Americans headed to the polls for the US midterm elections, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also voted, casting their ballots hundreds of miles above Earth, Anadolu Ajansi reported. (Sarawak Tribune, 09:25)
The reporting
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Photo: Sarawak Tribune Sarawak Tribune·News·EN·4 Nov, 09:25 MYTYes, you can vote from space: NASA astronauts cast ballots 250 miles above Earth for midterm elections
ISTANBUL : As millions of Americans headed to the polls for the US midterm elections, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) also voted, casting their ballots hundreds of miles above Earth, Anadolu Ajansi reported. NASA astronaut Anil Menon shared the…
Read at Sarawak Tribune- Harian Metro·News·BM·4 Nov, 10:36 MYT
Angkasawan AS tunai tanggungjawab mengundi dari angkasa
Istanbul: Ketika jutaan rakyat Amerika Syarikat (AS) keluar mengundi dalam pilihan raya pertengahan penggal negara itu, tiga angkasawan di Stesen Angkasa Antarabangsa (ISS) turut menunaikan tanggungjawab mengundi dari angkasa, ratusan batu di atas permukaan Bumi, lapor Anadolu…
Read at Harian Metro 
Photo: Astro Awani (BM) Astro Awani (BM)·News·BM·4 Nov, 10:40 MYTPilihan raya pertengahan penggal: Angkasawan AS tunai tanggungjawab mengundi
Tiga angkasawan NASA di ISS mengundi dalam pilihan raya pertengahan penggal AS menggunakan kertas undi elektronik yang dihantar selamat dari orbit ke Bumi.
Read at Astro Awani (BM)
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Why it is accelerating
- Mention velocity 2.0× the previous hour (2 vs 1 mentions)
- Current hour is 1.8 standard deviations above this event's own baseline
- 5 independent sources, 4 new in the last hour
- Driven by news coverage (6 mainstream mentions in 6h) with little social discussion so far
- No engagement data available from these sources; score uses mention signals only
- Discussed in English, Bahasa Malaysia
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- DetectedFirst detected (Sarawak Tribune) source
- LanguageFirst Bahasa Malaysia coverage (Google News Malaysia (BM)) source
- NewsFirst news outlet reports it (Google News Malaysia (BM)) source
- NewsFirst news outlet reports it (Harian Metro) source
- LanguageFirst Bahasa Malaysia coverage (Harian Metro) source
- StateRising
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- StateAccelerating
growth +100% with positive acceleration
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How it spread
- Step 1News outletsSarawak Tribune09:25
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- Covered by 5 established outlet(s): Astro Awani (BM), Google News Malaysia (BM), Harian Metro, Sarawak Tribune
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