The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of wood in space.

The crew - including two stuck there after the Boeing Starliner malfunctioned - will beam their votes back to Earth thanks to a high-tech encrypted system.

The first human tissue samples from Oxford's Space Innovation Lab (SIL) have been launched and are on their way to the International Space Station, where they will be used to study the effects of space microgravity on the human aging process.

Astronaut Sunita Williams, along with her colleagues Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Don Pettit, cast their votes for the U.S. election from the International Space Station. On Tuesday, Hague shared an Instagram post showing the group in patriotic socks,

The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other research and supplies.

How do astronauts aboard the International Space Station vote? NASA astronauts up in space can vote through an absentee ballot or early voting in coordination with the county clerk's office where they live.