.Publisher's note: This release was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to deal with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as an objective professional. It was upgraded once again to remedy a launch time.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov will fly to the spaceport station as leader and purpose expert, respectively, as component of a two-crew element flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved crew enhance observes NASA's decision to return the organization's Boeing Staff Tour Exam uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with 2 vacant chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will take flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was actually created through NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba must harmonize piloting a NASA crew participant with previous spaceflight expertise to control the air travel, while making certain NASA preserves an integrated crew along with a Roscosmos astronaut who may run their important units for proceeded, safe terminal operations." While our team've modified staff prior to for a range of causes, scaling down team for this tour was yet another challenging choice to get used to considered that the team has educated as a workers of four," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous assurance in each our crew, who have been actually superb throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will certainly continue to support their crewmates in front of launch, and also they exemplify what it indicates to be a specialist rocketeer.".The company will definitely discuss reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when available." I am actually profoundly pleased with our entire staff," claimed Cardman, "as well as I am certain Chip and Alex will definitely step into their duties along with distinction. All 4 people continue to be specialized to the excellence of the purpose, and Stephanie and I await flighting when the time is right.".Wilson added, "I know Scar and also Alex will do a terrific job with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 times visited room, this are going to be actually Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting lab. During his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months later on, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also acted as a trip developer aboard the space station during the course of Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station electrical power units and also mount a docking adapter for office space probe. An active-duty colonel in the USA Area Force, Hague completed a developing rotation at the Defense Department, and also acted as the Area Force's supervisor of test and also analysis coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner System until this air travel task. Comply With @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's initial travel to room and also the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed engineering with qualifications in space probe as well as top phases from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the army division along with a specialized in operating and also repairing plane, helicopters, as well as airplane motors. Just before his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a developer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and also assisted packages space capsule launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Trip 72 staff aboard the station. They will join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner performing clinical analysis and also routine maintenance activities right into the station's 24th year of continual human visibility.Learn more about International Spaceport station analysis 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.