.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was actually improved twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a goal expert. It was actually improved again to remedy a launch time.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, formerly declared as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague as well as Gorbunov will take flight to the spaceport station as commander and also mission professional, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew air travel aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The upgraded team enhance follows NASA's decision to come back the firm's Boeing Team Tour Exam uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with pair of unoccupied chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who introduced aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to fly home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was made by NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba had to stabilize piloting a NASA team participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to command the flight, while ensuring NASA preserves an integrated team with a Roscosmos astronaut who may function their important units for continued, safe station procedures." While we have actually altered crew before for a variety of main reasons, downsizing crew for this tour was actually another hard decision to adapt to considered that the team has taught as a crew of four," claimed Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence with all our staff, that have been great throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie are going to continue to support their crewmates before launch, and also they display what it means to become a qualified astronaut.".The company will certainly share reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am actually profoundly proud of our whole entire workers," claimed Cardman, "as well as I am actually certain Nick as well as Alex will definitely enter their parts along with distinction. All four of us remain dedicated to the excellence of the mission, and also Stephanie and also I anticipate taking flight when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson included, "I know Chip and also Alex will carry out a wonderful job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 days logged in area, this will definitely be actually Hague's third launch as well as second objective to the orbiting laboratory. In the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failing, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as functioned as a trip engineer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to update space station power systems and set up a docking adapter for commercial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Pressure, Hague finished a developmental rotation at the Protection Department, and acted as the Area Pressure's director of exam as well as evaluation from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Plan until this flight job. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be actually Gorbunov's 1st journey to room and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he examined design along with credentials in space probe as well as top stages from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree from the military team along with a specialty in operating and fixing airplane, helicopters, as well as airplane engines. Prior to his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and supported freight space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the terminal. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner performing scientific research study and routine maintenance activities right into the terminal's 24th year of ongoing individual presence.Discover more concerning International Space Station research study and 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.