.Editor's keep in mind: This release was updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to correct Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as a goal expert. It was improved once again to repair a launch date.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague as well as Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, formerly declared as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov will flight to the space station as leader and mission specialist, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded crew complement complies with NASA's decision to return the organization's Boeing Team Tour Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with two uninhabited chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was made by NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba must stabilize piloting a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to command the air travel, while making certain NASA keeps an integrated team along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can run their crucial units for continued, safe terminal procedures." While our experts've modified team just before for a selection of factors, downsizing staff for this air travel was actually yet another hard selection to adjust to given that the crew has actually qualified as a workers of 4," stated Acaba. "I possess the utmost peace of mind in each our staff, that have actually been great throughout training for the objective. Zena and Stephanie will certainly remain to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and they display what it implies to become a qualified astronaut.".The organization will share reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when available." I am greatly proud of our whole entire crew," pointed out Cardman, "and I am positive Nick and also Alex will step into their duties with excellence. All four of us remain dedicated to the success of this particular objective, and Stephanie and I expect flying when the time is right.".Wilson added, "I recognize Nick and also Alex will certainly carry out a great project with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 times visited space, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch as well as 2nd purpose to the orbiting lab. Throughout his initial launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and served as a flight developer aboard the space station during the course of Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station power bodies and set up a docking adapter for industrial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Pressure, Hague completed a developmental turning at the Protection Team, and acted as the Room Force's director of examination and also evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Program until this flight task. Follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's 1st vacation to space as well as the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he researched engineering along with certifications in space probe and also upper stages from the Moscow Aeronautics Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the army division with a specialized in operating and also fixing aircraft, helicopters, and also airplane engines. Before his selection as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and also sustained packages spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Expedition 72 staff aboard the terminal. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner conducting scientific research and routine maintenance tasks in to the station's 24th year of constant human presence.Find out more concerning International Space Station research and operations 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.