.Editor's details: This release was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to deal with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as a goal expert. It was actually updated once again to repair a launch day.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague as well as Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, formerly revealed as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague as well as Gorbunov will flight to the space station as leader and purpose expert, specifically, as part of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The improved workers enhance follows NASA's choice to return the agency's Boeing Team Flight Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with pair of empty chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will fly home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to flight Hague was actually made through NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize piloting a NASA workers participant with previous spaceflight expertise to control the trip, while making sure NASA sustains an integrated team with a Roscosmos astronaut who may work their critical bodies for carried on, risk-free terminal procedures." While our experts have actually changed team before for an assortment of causes, scaling down crew for this flight was an additional challenging choice to adjust to given that the crew has taught as a crew of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous self-confidence in all our staff, who have been actually superb throughout training for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie are going to remain to aid their crewmates before launch, as well as they exhibit what it implies to become a qualified astronaut.".The firm will share reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when readily available." I am actually greatly happy with our whole staff," mentioned Cardman, "and I am self-assured Chip and also Alex will certainly step into their roles with excellence. All 4 people remain committed to the excellence of this objective, and Stephanie as well as I eagerly anticipate piloting when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson incorporated, "I recognize Nick as well as Alex will certainly perform a wonderful job along with their work aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Expedition 72.".With 203 days logged in area, this will be Hague's 3rd launch as well as second mission to the orbiting lab. Throughout his 1st launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer breakdown, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as an air travel engineer aboard the space station during the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station power systems and set up a docking adapter for industrial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Force, Hague accomplished a developing turning at the Self defense Team, and worked as the Space Pressure's supervisor of exam and also assessment coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed tasks at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Course up until this flight job. Observe @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will certainly be actually Gorbunov's initial journey to area as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined engineering with credentials in space capsule and upper phases from the Moscow Aeronautics Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree from the armed forces division with a specialty in operating as well as fixing plane, choppers, and also aircraft motors. Just before his selection as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and supported cargo spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will definitely join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering scientific analysis and also maintenance tasks right into the station's 24th year of ongoing human visibility.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station investigation and functions 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.