.Publisher's note: This release was upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to remedy Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as a mission specialist. It was actually improved once more to remedy a launch time.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, earlier introduced as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and Gorbunov will fly to the space station as commander and objective professional, respectively, as portion of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The improved workers complement follows NASA's choice to return the company's Boeing Workers Tour Examination uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with two deserted chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to take flight home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was actually made through NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba had to stabilize flying a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight adventure to regulate the tour, while making sure NASA preserves an incorporated staff along with a Roscosmos astronaut who can easily operate their essential units for continued, safe terminal operations." While our team have actually altered workers just before for an assortment of reasons, downsizing workers for this flight was yet another challenging selection to adapt to dued to the fact that the workers has trained as a team of four," stated Acaba. "I possess the utmost self-confidence with all our crew, that have been actually exceptional throughout instruction for the goal. Zena and also Stephanie will definitely continue to help their crewmates before launch, and they embody what it means to become a qualified astronaut.".The agency will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when accessible." I am actually heavily happy with our entire team," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually positive Chip and Alex are going to enter their tasks with superiority. All four people continue to be committed to the excellence of the goal, and also Stephanie and also I look forward to flying when the time corrects.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar and Alex will carry out a terrific project with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Expedition 72.".With 203 days logged in space, this are going to be actually Hague's 3rd launch as well as second purpose to the orbiting laboratory. During his first launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as a trip designer aboard the space station during Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague performed three spacewalks to update space station electrical power bodies and set up a docking adapter for commercial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Room Power, Hague completed a developmental rotation at the Self defense Department, and acted as the Area Force's director of examination as well as evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Course till this tour assignment. Adhere To @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's initial excursion to room and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he examined design with qualifications in spacecraft as well as top phases coming from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov finished coming from the army division with a specialty in operating and restoring plane, helicopters, and also airplane engines. Prior to his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also sustained freight space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering scientific research and maintenance tasks right into the station's 24th year of ongoing human existence.Discover more concerning International Spaceport station research study and also operations 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.