.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was actually updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a goal professional. It was actually updated once again to correct a launch date.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, earlier announced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague and Gorbunov are going to fly to the space station as commander and also objective specialist, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew member trip aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The improved staff complement observes NASA's decision to return the firm's Boeing Crew Flight Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with 2 vacant chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to flight Hague was made through NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize taking flight a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight expertise to regulate the air travel, while ensuring NASA sustains an integrated team with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily operate their vital devices for proceeded, secure station operations." While we've transformed crew before for a wide array of reasons, downsizing staff for this trip was yet another difficult selection to adapt to given that the team has qualified as a workers of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous peace of mind with all our team, that have actually been actually great throughout instruction for the objective. Zena and Stephanie will definitely continue to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and also they show what it suggests to be a specialist rocketeer.".The firm will share reassignment information for Cardman as well as Wilson when available." I am deeply happy with our entire crew," said Cardman, "and also I am actually confident Scar and Alex are going to step into their parts with excellence. All four people continue to be committed to the excellence of this purpose, and Stephanie as well as I look forward to flighting when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson added, "I know Chip and Alex will certainly do a terrific project along with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Trip 72.".Along with 203 days logged in room, this are going to be actually Hague's third launch as well as 2nd purpose to the orbiting laboratory. During his very first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a tour developer aboard the spaceport station throughout Explorations 59 as well as 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to update spaceport station electrical power devices and install a docking adapter for commercial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Area Power, Hague completed a developmental rotation at the Protection Team, and also served as the Room Pressure's supervisor of examination and also evaluation from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to duties at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Plan till this trip task. Comply With @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will certainly be Gorbunov's initial vacation to space and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he researched engineering along with credentials in space capsule and top stages from the Moscow Air Travel Institute. Gorbunov finished coming from the armed forces division with a specialty in operating and also repairing plane, helicopters, and plane engines. Just before his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and sustained payload space probe launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Expedition 72 staff aboard the station. They are going to join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering clinical study and servicing activities right into the station's 24th year of constant human visibility.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station research study and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.