.Editor's note: This release was actually updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to remedy Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as an objective expert. It was actually improved once more to correct a launch time.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently announced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future objective..Hague and also Gorbunov will fly to the spaceport station as commander and also objective expert, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded staff supplement adheres to NASA's selection to return the company's Boeing Team Trip Exam uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with pair of abandoned seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space probe in June, will flight home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was actually made through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba had to stabilize taking flight a NASA crew member along with previous spaceflight adventure to control the flight, while making certain NASA sustains an incorporated crew with a Roscosmos astronaut that can operate their critical devices for continued, risk-free terminal functions." While our experts have actually modified crew before for a selection of explanations, downsizing crew for this trip was an additional challenging selection to adapt to dued to the fact that the workers has educated as a crew of four," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence in every our workers, that have been actually great throughout training for the objective. Zena and Stephanie will certainly continue to support their crewmates in front of launch, and they show what it means to become a specialist astronaut.".The firm is going to share reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when available." I am actually greatly proud of our entire team," mentioned Cardman, "and I am actually self-assured Nick as well as Alex will definitely enter their tasks with superiority. All 4 of us remain dedicated to the effectiveness of this purpose, as well as Stephanie and also I eagerly anticipate piloting when the moment corrects.".Wilson incorporated, "I know Scar and Alex are going to carry out a great project along with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Exploration 72.".With 203 times visited space, this are going to be actually Hague's 3rd launch and also 2nd purpose to the orbiting lab. In the course of his very first launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failing, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also acted as a trip developer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to update space station energy devices as well as put in a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Force, Hague accomplished a developmental rotation at the Protection Team, as well as served as the Area Force's supervisor of exam and also evaluation from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to duties at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Program till this flight project. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's 1st excursion to area and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he examined design along with certifications in space probe and upper phases coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov finished from the military department with a specialized in operating and restoring airplane, helicopters, and also airplane motors. Prior to his option as an astronaut in 2018, he functioned as a designer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and supported packages spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner performing scientific analysis as well as maintenance tasks into the station's 24th year of continuous individual existence.Learn more about International Space Station investigation and 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.