.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston accommodates a selection of one-of-a-kind tasks as well as advantages. Those consist of being actually the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Among those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is right now preparing to launch to the International Spaceport Station along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th spinning goal under NASA's Industrial Team System. This will certainly be actually the 3rd launch and also 2nd purpose to the space station for Hague, that was actually chosen as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and also has actually spent 203 times precede.Hague was actually born as well as increased in Kansas but has actually crisscrossed the nation for university and job. He got levels coming from the USA Sky Troop Academy in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and he participated in the united state Air Force Exam Pilot Institution at Edwards Air Force Bottom in California. Hague's army occupation has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted from the Flying force to the USA Space Interject 2020 after functioning as the Room Pressure's director of exam as well as analysis at the Pentagon.No stranger to new places, Hague vividly recollects producing his 1st trip to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to sign up with NASA's astronaut corps. "I possessed no tip what to count on, and it was actually a little bit frustrating. I recognized everyone was watching me and determining me," he pointed out. "Thankfully, even though I wasn't chosen after that, I got an additional opportunity a handful of years later. It is actually a quite enchanting spot.".Hague finished his astronaut instruction in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st astronaut course. He was actually the very first rocketeer from that group to become delegated to a goal, which introduced in Oct 2018 however was actually miscarried quickly after departure. His next spaceflight developed in 2019, when he joined three of his friends-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has created numerous memories at Johnson, but one that sticks out is his experience operating onsite surrounded by the 2013 federal government shutdown. "I'm active-duty armed forces so I still involved operate," he described. "I remember being actually onsite and also the facility being actually completely empty. Being able to use around an empty school on the free-range bikes-- it was actually serene and unique." It was likewise an examine of what a lot of Johnson workers experienced during the global and just how NASA preserves day-and-night assistance for spaceflight operations despite extenuating scenarios.Hague right now expects an additional quest to low The planet orbit. NASA as well as SpaceX representatives presently consider to release the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew will certainly take off from Launch Complex 40 from the Cape Canaveral Room Force Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and also Dragon space probe.Hague as well as Gorbonov are going to enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They will certainly sign up with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, and also will certainly devote about six months carrying out medical analysis in microgravity and also finishing a stable of working tasks just before coming back home.Even more details concerning the goal and also team can be discovered by complying with the Crew-9 blog site, @commercial_crew on X, or even office staff on Facebook. You may additionally comply with @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.