.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to remedy Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as an objective specialist. It was actually updated once again to remedy a launch day.NASA rocketeer Scar Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly introduced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to flight to the spaceport station as leader as well as mission professional, specifically, as part of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated staff supplement complies with NASA's selection to return the firm's Boeing Crew Tour Test uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with two abandoned seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to fly home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was made by NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba needed to harmonize taking flight a NASA workers member with previous spaceflight knowledge to regulate the air travel, while ensuring NASA maintains an integrated team along with a Roscosmos astronaut that can easily work their crucial devices for proceeded, risk-free terminal operations." While our company have actually changed crew prior to for a selection of factors, downsizing team for this air travel was actually another tough selection to adapt to given that the team has educated as a crew of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I possess the utmost confidence in all our team, that have been actually outstanding throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie are going to continue to assist their crewmates ahead of launch, as well as they embody what it indicates to be a specialist rocketeer.".The firm will definitely share reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when accessible." I am deeply proud of our entire team," pointed out Cardman, "and also I am actually self-assured Nick and also Alex are going to step into their duties along with distinction. All 4 of us continue to be dedicated to the success of the objective, and Stephanie as well as I await flighting when the amount of time is right.".Wilson added, "I understand Chip and also Alex will carry out a wonderful job along with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 times visited area, this will be Hague's third launch as well as second mission to the orbiting lab. Throughout his very first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. 5 months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and worked as a trip engineer aboard the spaceport station during the course of Explorations 59 and also 60. Hague performed three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station electrical power bodies and mount a docking adapter for industrial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Space Force, Hague finished a developmental rotation at the Self defense Team, as well as functioned as the Room Force's director of examination as well as analysis coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed roles at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Program until this air travel task. Comply With @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first trip to room and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he studied engineering along with qualifications in space probe and higher phases coming from the Moscow Aeronautics Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the army division along with a specialized in operating as well as repairing airplane, helicopters, as well as airplane motors. Just before his collection as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and sustained payload space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to enter of the Trip 72 team aboard the station. They will definitely sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific research as well as upkeep tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of continual individual presence.Discover 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.