.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was actually updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to improve Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as a mission specialist. It was actually improved once again to fix a launch date.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously declared as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential mission..Hague and also Gorbunov will flight to the space station as commander and also goal expert, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew member tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated staff complement adheres to NASA's choice to return the firm's Boeing Team Tour Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 along with pair of abandoned chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will pilot home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to fly Hague was actually made through NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize piloting a NASA crew participant with previous spaceflight experience to influence the air travel, while ensuring NASA preserves an incorporated crew along with a Roscosmos astronaut that may operate their essential bodies for continued, safe station functions." While our experts have actually modified crew prior to for a wide array of factors, scaling down team for this flight was actually one more hard choice to adjust to considered that the staff has actually qualified as a team of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I possess miraculous assurance with all our workers, who have been actually excellent throughout training for the objective. Zena and also Stephanie will continue to assist their crewmates before launch, and also they show what it indicates to be a professional rocketeer.".The agency will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when offered." I am greatly proud of our whole staff," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually confident Scar and also Alex are going to step into their duties along with distinction. All 4 people continue to be specialized to the results of the goal, and Stephanie as well as I await flying when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar as well as Alex will definitely carry out a fantastic job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as component of Trip 72.".With 203 days logged in area, this will be actually Hague's 3rd launch and second mission to the orbiting laboratory. In the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failing, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. Five months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and served as a trip developer aboard the spaceport station during Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague carried out three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station energy bodies and put up a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Area Pressure, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Protection Team, and also functioned as the Space Pressure's supervisor of test and examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed responsibilities at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Program up until this air travel assignment. Adhere To @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's initial excursion to space and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he examined engineering with certifications in spacecraft and also higher stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the military division along with a specialized in operating and repairing plane, helicopters, and also plane motors. Before his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a developer for Spacecraft Room Corp. Energia and also sustained packages space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 team aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner administering clinical research study as well as maintenance activities right into the station's 24th year of continuous individual visibility.Learn more about International Space 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.