.Editor's details: This launch was improved two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a purpose specialist. It was improved once more to fix a launch day.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly introduced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future objective..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to fly to the space station as leader and also mission expert, specifically, as part of a two-crew element trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved team supplement complies with NASA's decision to return the company's Boeing Staff Tour Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with 2 empty seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to fly home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was created through NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba must harmonize taking flight a NASA workers participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to regulate the trip, while guaranteeing NASA sustains an incorporated staff with a Roscosmos astronaut that may operate their vital units for proceeded, risk-free station procedures." While our company've transformed crew just before for a selection of factors, scaling down team for this tour was yet another hard decision to adapt to given that the team has actually educated as a crew of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I possess miraculous confidence in each our crew, who have been exceptional throughout training for the objective. Zena as well as Stephanie are going to continue to assist their crewmates before launch, as well as they display what it suggests to become an expert rocketeer.".The company will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when available." I am greatly happy with our entire team," pointed out Cardman, "as well as I am certain Chip and Alex will definitely step into their parts with distinction. All four people remain committed to the results of this particular objective, as well as Stephanie and also I expect flying when the amount of time is right.".Wilson added, "I know Scar and also Alex will carry out an excellent task along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 days logged in room, this will definitely be Hague's third launch and 2nd purpose to the orbiting lab. Throughout his 1st launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as served as a trip engineer aboard the spaceport station throughout Trips 59 and 60. Hague performed 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station electrical power bodies as well as put up a docking adapter for commercial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Space Power, Hague completed a developing rotation at the Self defense Division, and also served as the Space Force's director of examination and also examination coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Plan till this flight project. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be actually Gorbunov's first vacation to room and also the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined design with qualifications in space probe and upper stages coming from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov finished from the armed forces team with a specialty in operating and fixing aircraft, helicopters, and also aircraft engines. Just before his option as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a developer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia and also supported packages space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Trip 72 team aboard the terminal. They will join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering scientific research as well as maintenance tasks in to the station's 24th year of constant individual visibility.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station research and functions 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.