.Editor's note: This launch was actually improved twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a goal professional. It was updated once again to fix a launch date.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, formerly introduced as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a potential mission..Hague as well as Gorbunov will fly to the spaceport station as commander as well as objective specialist, specifically, as portion of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated team supplement follows NASA's choice to return the agency's Boeing Crew Trip Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with two vacant seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will take flight home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was made through NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba had to balance flying a NASA team member with previous spaceflight experience to influence the air travel, while making certain NASA maintains an integrated workers along with a Roscosmos astronaut that can run their essential devices for carried on, risk-free station functions." While our experts have actually transformed workers before for an assortment of factors, scaling down crew for this flight was actually yet another challenging selection to adapt to dued to the fact that the staff has taught as a workers of four," mentioned Acaba. "I have the utmost assurance in every our team, that have actually been excellent throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will certainly continue to help their crewmates ahead of launch, and they display what it means to be a qualified rocketeer.".The firm will definitely discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am actually greatly pleased with our whole entire crew," claimed Cardman, "and also I am certain Nick and Alex will certainly enter their duties along with quality. All 4 of us remain committed to the results of this goal, as well as Stephanie as well as I expect piloting when the moment is right.".Wilson added, "I recognize Nick and also Alex will definitely do a terrific job along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Expedition 72.".With 203 days logged in area, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch and second mission to the orbiting lab. Throughout his initial launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months later, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also acted as a flight engineer aboard the space station during Explorations 59 as well as 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to improve spaceport station power systems as well as put up a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Space Power, Hague accomplished a developing turning at the Defense Department, and also worked as the Space Power's supervisor of test and assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed obligations at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Course until this air travel job. Comply With @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's 1st trip to area as well as the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed design along with credentials in spacecraft and also upper stages coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov finished from the military division along with a specialized in operating and also repairing airplane, helicopters, and airplane engines. Prior to his collection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Spacecraft Room Corp. Energia and also assisted packages space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will definitely sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducting medical research study and upkeep tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of ongoing human visibility.Learn more about International Spaceport station study as well as operations 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.