.Editor's note: This release was actually updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to fix Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as a purpose expert. It was actually updated once more to improve a launch date.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously announced as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as leader and also mission professional, specifically, as component of a two-crew element air travel aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated workers complement complies with NASA's selection to come back the firm's Boeing Staff Trip Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two deserted seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will flight home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to take flight Hague was created by NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba had to stabilize flighting a NASA team participant with previous spaceflight knowledge to influence the trip, while guaranteeing NASA preserves an incorporated team along with a Roscosmos astronaut that can run their vital units for continued, secure terminal functions." While our team've altered team just before for a selection of main reasons, downsizing staff for this flight was one more hard choice to get used to considered that the staff has trained as a crew of four," pointed out Acaba. "I possess the utmost assurance in each our crew, who have actually been actually exceptional throughout instruction for the objective. Zena as well as Stephanie will definitely continue to support their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they display what it implies to become a qualified rocketeer.".The agency will discuss reassignment information for Cardman as well as Wilson when accessible." I am actually greatly happy with our whole staff," stated Cardman, "and I am actually positive Nick and Alex will step into their jobs with excellence. All 4 people stay dedicated to the excellence of this particular goal, and Stephanie as well as I look forward to flighting when the moment corrects.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar and also Alex are going to perform an excellent job with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Trip 72.".With 203 days logged in room, this will definitely be actually Hague's third launch as well as second goal to the orbiting research laboratory. During the course of his first launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as a tour developer aboard the spaceport station during Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to update space station power devices and set up a docking adapter for office space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Pressure, Hague completed a developing turning at the Defense Department, as well as worked as the Room Force's director of exam and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed tasks at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Course until this tour project. Observe @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's 1st trip to area and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he studied engineering with certifications in space capsule as well as upper stages coming from the Moscow Air Travel Institute. Gorbunov finished coming from the military division with a specialized in operating as well as fixing plane, choppers, as well as plane engines. Prior to his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia as well as assisted packages spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering medical investigation and servicing activities right into the station's 24th year of ongoing individual existence.Discover more regarding International Spaceport station research 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.