.Publisher's details: This release was upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to improve Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a mission specialist. It was actually updated once again to remedy a launch date.NASA astronaut Nick Hague as well as Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously declared as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to fly to the spaceport station as commander and purpose professional, respectively, as portion of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded staff supplement follows NASA's choice to come back the company's Boeing Staff Tour Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with 2 deserted chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will take flight home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to flight Hague was actually made through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to balance flying a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight adventure to regulate the trip, while making sure NASA sustains an incorporated team with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can easily function their critical bodies for continued, secure terminal procedures." While our team've modified workers just before for a wide array of main reasons, scaling down staff for this air travel was actually another tough choice to adjust to given that the team has actually qualified as a staff of 4," claimed Acaba. "I have the utmost assurance in all our workers, that have actually been exceptional throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will definitely remain to aid their crewmates in advance of launch, and they exemplify what it indicates to be a qualified astronaut.".The organization will definitely discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman as well as Wilson when accessible." I am actually deeply pleased with our entire team," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am certain Scar and also Alex will definitely enter their tasks along with quality. All 4 of us stay dedicated to the success of this objective, as well as Stephanie as well as I eagerly anticipate piloting when the moment is right.".Wilson added, "I know Chip and Alex are going to do a great job along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 times visited room, this will be actually Hague's third launch and second mission to the orbiting research laboratory. During his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster breakdown, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months eventually, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as functioned as a tour engineer aboard the spaceport station throughout Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to update spaceport station power units and also put in a docking adapter for industrial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Force, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Defense Division, as well as functioned as the Space Pressure's director of exam as well as evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Program until this air travel project. Observe @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's very first vacation to room and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he researched engineering with credentials in spacecraft and also top phases coming from the Moscow Air Travel Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the army team along with a specialty in operating as well as repairing airplane, helicopters, and plane motors. Prior to his assortment as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia and also supported payload space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They will definitely sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducting scientific study and maintenance tasks right into the station's 24th year of continuous human presence.Discover more concerning International Space Station analysis and operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.