.Editor's keep in mind: This launch was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to repair Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a purpose specialist. It was actually updated once again to repair a launch date.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a potential mission..Hague as well as Gorbunov will flight to the spaceport station as leader as well as mission expert, specifically, as portion of a two-crew member trip aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated staff supplement adheres to NASA's selection to come back the organization's Boeing Workers Air travel Test uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with pair of unoccupied chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to take flight home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was made through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba must harmonize taking flight a NASA team participant along with previous spaceflight expertise to control the air travel, while making certain NASA maintains an integrated workers with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can function their critical devices for proceeded, risk-free terminal functions." While our company have actually altered crew just before for a wide array of causes, scaling down crew for this flight was an additional tough choice to get used to dued to the fact that the staff has educated as a staff of four," mentioned Acaba. "I possess the utmost assurance in every our crew, who have been superb throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will remain to support their crewmates ahead of launch, and also they show what it suggests to become a professional astronaut.".The firm will certainly share reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when available." I am actually heavily pleased with our whole entire team," pointed out Cardman, "and I am self-assured Chip as well as Alex will certainly step into their duties with distinction. All 4 people remain dedicated to the effectiveness of this objective, as well as Stephanie as well as I look forward to taking flight when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar and Alex are going to do a wonderful job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 times visited space, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch as well as second objective to the orbiting research laboratory. Throughout his first launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and served as a trip designer aboard the spaceport station in the course of Explorations 59 and also 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to update space station energy devices and also set up a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Pressure, Hague finished a developing turning at the Protection Department, and also served as the Area Force's director of test and also analysis coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Course till this air travel job. Follow @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first vacation to room and the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and also upper phases from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the army division along with a specialized in operating and mending airplane, helicopters, and also aircraft engines. Before his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and also sustained cargo space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific investigation and also maintenance tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of ongoing individual existence.Learn more concerning International Space Station investigation and also procedures 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.