.Editor's keep in mind: This release was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as an objective expert. It was upgraded again to repair a launch date.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch 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, earlier revealed as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as commander and goal specialist, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew element tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded workers supplement observes NASA's selection to come back the agency's Boeing Team Flight Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with two abandoned chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to pilot home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to pilot Hague was actually made by NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to harmonize flighting a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to command the flight, while ensuring NASA sustains an integrated workers with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can run their vital units for carried on, risk-free terminal functions." While our company've modified staff prior to for a selection of reasons, downsizing crew for this trip was actually yet another difficult choice to adjust to dued to the fact that the workers has trained as a workers of four," stated Acaba. "I have the utmost peace of mind in every our crew, who have been exceptional throughout instruction for the mission. Zena and also Stephanie are going to continue to support their crewmates ahead of launch, as well as they show what it suggests to be a specialist astronaut.".The company will certainly share reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am profoundly proud of our whole team," claimed Cardman, "as well as I am certain Scar and Alex will certainly enter their jobs along with superiority. All four people stay specialized to the effectiveness of this particular purpose, as well as Stephanie and also I await flying when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson added, "I know Scar and Alex will certainly perform a fantastic task with their work aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Exploration 72.".With 203 times logged in space, this are going to be actually Hague's third launch as well as 2nd goal to the orbiting lab. During his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. Five months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also served as a tour developer aboard the space station during Trips 59 and also 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station energy systems and put up a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Room Pressure, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Protection Division, and also functioned as the Area Pressure's supervisor of examination and also assessment coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Program until this flight project. Comply With @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This are going to be actually Gorbunov's very first travel to area and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed design along with certifications in space probe and also upper phases from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the military team with a specialized in operating as well as restoring plane, helicopters, as well as plane engines. Before his collection as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and also supported packages space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will definitely join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducting scientific research study and servicing activities right into the station's 24th year of continual human presence.Discover more about International Spaceport station analysis as well as procedures 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.