.Editor's note: This release was actually improved twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as an objective specialist. It was updated once more to fix a launch day.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, formerly announced as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a future objective..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as leader and mission specialist, respectively, as portion of a two-crew member tour aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The improved staff complement adheres to NASA's selection to come back the agency's Boeing Crew Trip Exam uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with pair of abandoned chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to flight Hague was actually made by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba had to balance flighting a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to control the air travel, while guaranteeing NASA maintains an incorporated staff with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who may function their vital devices for continued, safe station functions." While we have actually modified team just before for a variety of causes, scaling down team for this trip was one more difficult selection to get used to given that the staff has actually taught as a staff of 4," said Acaba. "I possess the utmost confidence in each our workers, who have actually been superb throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie will definitely remain to help their crewmates ahead of launch, and also they exhibit what it means to be a professional rocketeer.".The firm will certainly discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am greatly proud of our whole workers," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually confident Chip and Alex will enter their roles along with quality. All four of us continue to be committed to the effectiveness of this objective, and also Stephanie and I look forward to flighting when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I know Chip and Alex will certainly perform a great task with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 times logged in room, this will be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd objective to the orbiting lab. During the course of his first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and served as an air travel developer aboard the spaceport station during the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to update space station electrical power devices as well as install a docking adapter for industrial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the USA Space Power, Hague finished a developmental rotation at the Self defense Team, and also worked as the Area Force's supervisor of exam and also examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner System up until this air travel assignment. Adhere To @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's very first journey to room as well as the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he examined engineering with credentials in space capsule as well as higher phases coming from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated coming from the military department along with a specialized in operating and also fixing plane, helicopters, and plane motors. Just before his collection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia as well as supported payload spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Trip 72 staff aboard the station. They will certainly participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducting clinical research as well as servicing activities right into the terminal's 24th year of continuous human visibility.Find out more about International Space Station research 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.