NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, originally scheduled for an 8-day mission, will now remain on the International Space Station until at least February 2025 due to technical problems with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Despite the extended stay, they are preparing to vote in the upcoming US presidential elections from space, utilizing an encrypted email system provided by NASA. The astronauts emphasized the importance of participating in the elections and expressed enthusiasm for this opportunity. They will return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission. The astronauts have adjusted well to the extended mission, contributing to station maintenance and experiments, and will soon welcome new crew members arriving on a Soyuz spacecraft.