.Editor's keep in mind: This release was upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a mission expert. It was updated again to correct a launch day.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a future objective..Hague and Gorbunov are going to flight to the spaceport station as commander and purpose expert, respectively, as component of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded team complement observes NASA's choice to come back the firm's Boeing Staff Air travel Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with two uninhabited chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner space probe in June, will pilot home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was actually made through NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba must stabilize flying a NASA team participant with previous spaceflight expertise to regulate the flight, while ensuring NASA sustains an integrated workers along with a Roscosmos astronaut who can run their important devices for carried on, risk-free station operations." While we have actually changed team prior to for a range of causes, scaling down team for this air travel was actually yet another difficult decision to get used to given that the crew has actually trained as a team of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I have miraculous assurance in all our staff, that have been excellent throughout instruction for the mission. Zena as well as Stephanie are going to remain to support their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they show what it suggests to become an expert rocketeer.".The firm is going to discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman as well as Wilson when offered." I am profoundly pleased with our whole crew," said Cardman, "and also I am confident Nick as well as Alex will step into their parts with superiority. All four people continue to be specialized to the success of this mission, as well as Stephanie and I eagerly anticipate flying when the time corrects.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar and also Alex will definitely carry out a wonderful project with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Expedition 72.".With 203 days visited area, this will definitely be actually Hague's third launch as well as second purpose to the orbiting research laboratory. Throughout his 1st launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. 5 months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as served as an air travel developer aboard the space station during Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to update space station energy bodies and also put in a docking adapter for commercial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Pressure, Hague finished a developmental rotation at the Self defense Division, and also worked as the Area Power's director of examination and evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Course until this trip assignment. Adhere To @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be actually Gorbunov's initial trip to area as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he researched design along with certifications in spacecraft and also higher stages coming from the Moscow Aeronautics Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the army department with a specialized in operating as well as mending airplane, choppers, as well as aircraft motors. Prior to his option as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Spacecraft Room Corp. Energia and also supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to become members of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner administering clinical analysis as well as servicing activities into the station's 24th year of continuous individual visibility.Learn more regarding International Space Station study 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.