.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a mission expert. It was improved once more to repair a launch day.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly introduced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to flight to the spaceport station as leader as well as objective expert, specifically, as part of a two-crew member tour aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated crew supplement follows NASA's selection to return the organization's Boeing Staff Air travel Exam uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with pair of abandoned chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will fly home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to take flight Hague was made by NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba must balance taking flight a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight experience to command the trip, while making sure NASA sustains an integrated workers along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily operate their crucial units for carried on, secure station operations." While we've modified team just before for an assortment of main reasons, downsizing crew for this trip was actually one more tough decision to adapt to dued to the fact that the staff has actually educated as a workers of four," said Acaba. "I have the utmost peace of mind in each our workers, that have actually been actually superb throughout instruction for the goal. Zena and also Stephanie are going to remain to help their crewmates before launch, and also they exhibit what it indicates to be a specialist astronaut.".The firm will definitely share reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when offered." I am actually profoundly proud of our entire team," pointed out Cardman, "and also I am actually positive Nick and also Alex are going to enter their functions with superiority. All four people remain devoted to the success of the purpose, and also Stephanie and also I await flying when the moment is right.".Wilson incorporated, "I know Scar and also Alex will certainly perform an excellent task with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 days logged in room, this are going to be Hague's 3rd launch and also 2nd purpose to the orbiting research laboratory. In the course of his 1st launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later on, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and worked as a tour developer aboard the space station during the course of Explorations 59 and 60. Hague performed three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station energy devices and also install a docking adapter for industrial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Force, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Self defense Team, and functioned as the Space Force's director of test and also assessment coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner Course up until this air travel project. Follow @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's very first journey to room and also the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied design with certifications in space capsule as well as higher stages from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the armed forces team along with a specialized in operating and fixing aircraft, choppers, and airplane engines. Prior to his option as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a developer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and supported payload space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to enter of the Trip 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will certainly sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific analysis as well as maintenance activities right into the terminal's 24th year of ongoing individual visibility.Discover more concerning International Spaceport station study as well as procedures 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.