.Editor's note: This release was actually upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a mission specialist. It was upgraded once again to deal with a launch day.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, recently introduced as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential mission..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to flight to the spaceport station as leader and mission specialist, respectively, as part of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated staff supplement observes NASA's selection to return the company's Boeing Team Trip Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with pair of vacant chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to fly home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to fly Hague was created through NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba had to harmonize piloting a NASA staff member with previous spaceflight expertise to regulate the flight, while making certain NASA sustains an integrated staff along with a Roscosmos astronaut who can run their crucial devices for proceeded, secure terminal operations." While our company've modified crew prior to for a selection of factors, scaling down staff for this tour was actually yet another challenging decision to get used to given that the team has actually taught as a team of four," pointed out Acaba. "I have the utmost peace of mind in all our crew, who have actually been actually great throughout training for the goal. Zena and Stephanie will certainly continue to help their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they show what it implies to become a specialist rocketeer.".The organization is going to discuss reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when accessible." I am greatly pleased with our entire crew," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am confident Nick and also Alex will definitely enter their functions along with quality. All 4 of us stay devoted to the effectiveness of this mission, and also Stephanie and also I expect flighting when the time corrects.".Wilson included, "I know Chip and also Alex will perform a terrific project with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Trip 72.".With 203 days logged in area, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting lab. In the course of 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 safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as a flight engineer aboard the space station in the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague performed 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station electrical power bodies and mount a docking adapter for industrial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Room Power, Hague finished a developmental turning at the Defense Department, as well as functioned as the Space Pressure's director of test and also examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Course up until this air travel job. Observe @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first vacation to space as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering along with qualifications in space probe and top phases from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov graduated coming from the military team along with a specialized in operating as well as mending plane, choppers, and plane engines. Just before his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia as well as supported payload spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will enter of the Trip 72 crew aboard the station. They will certainly join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering medical investigation as well as routine maintenance tasks right into the terminal's 24th year of continuous human presence.Discover more regarding International Spaceport station research study and also procedures 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.