.Editor's keep in mind: This release was updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as a purpose professional. It was actually updated again to repair a launch day.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, earlier revealed as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as commander and goal specialist, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded workers supplement complies with NASA's selection to come back the company's Boeing Workers Tour Examination uncrewed and launch Crew-9 along with 2 empty chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who introduced aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to fly home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to fly Hague was created through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to harmonize flighting a NASA staff participant with previous spaceflight adventure to influence the air travel, while making certain NASA keeps an incorporated team with a Roscosmos astronaut that may run their essential devices for carried on, secure station operations." While our team've changed team just before for a variety of main reasons, downsizing team for this trip was actually yet another challenging decision to adjust to given that the staff has actually trained as a crew of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I possess miraculous assurance in each our crew, that have actually been actually superb throughout training for the mission. Zena as well as Stephanie are going to continue to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and they exhibit what it suggests to be a qualified rocketeer.".The firm will certainly discuss reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am actually heavily happy with our whole entire crew," stated Cardman, "and I am positive Nick as well as Alex will definitely step into their functions with excellence. All four of us continue to be devoted to the excellence of this mission, and also Stephanie and also I await piloting when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson added, "I understand Nick as well as Alex will carry out an excellent work with their work aboard the International Space Station as portion of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 times logged in room, this will be Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd objective to the orbiting lab. During his 1st launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer breakdown, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and safe touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a flight engineer aboard the spaceport station during Explorations 59 and also 60. Hague carried out three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station energy devices as well as mount a docking adapter for commercial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Power, Hague completed a developmental turning at the Defense Team, and also served as the Area Pressure's director of test and evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed obligations at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Program until this air travel task. Observe @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first trip to area as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined design along with qualifications in space probe as well as top stages coming from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the armed forces division along with a specialty in operating as well as fixing aircraft, choppers, and plane engines. Before his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a designer for Spacecraft Room Corp. Energia and also supported freight space capsule launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to become members of the Trip 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will certainly join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific investigation and also servicing tasks into the terminal's 24th year of constant human visibility.Learn more concerning International Space Station study and operations 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.