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Happy Monday listeners.

Let's kick off the week by catching up on the latest science news.

For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.

First up, we've got an update on Butch Wilmore and Sunni Williams.

These two NASA astronauts set out to spend just over a week in space in June, but now they won't actually be home until around February.

Earlier this month, not long after the ill-feated Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth

without them on board,

the pair conducted a press release from the International Space Station.

Sunni said they're making the most of their extra time in space by being the best cremates they

can be, and both noted that they're looking forward to voting in the 2024 presidential election.

They've sent in their request for absentee ballots, which will be encrypted and downlinked

to their local county clerk's office.

Both will have to list their current address as, quote, low Earth orbit, which is kind of adorable.

So if voting on November 5th means standing in a long line, we're dealing with other

inconvenient logistics, just take a second to look up into the sky and be grateful that you're not stuck

in space for like eight months longer than intended.

And here's a little bit more space news for you. A study published last Monday suggests that Earth

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