.Publisher's note: This launch was upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a mission professional. It was actually upgraded again to fix a launch date.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously declared as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and also Gorbunov will take flight to the spaceport station as leader as well as goal professional, specifically, as portion of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The improved workers supplement adheres to NASA's choice to come back the company's Boeing Crew Trip Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two unoccupied seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home along with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was made through NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba must stabilize flighting a NASA crew member with previous spaceflight experience to command the flight, while ensuring NASA sustains an integrated staff with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who may work their crucial bodies for continued, safe terminal functions." While our company have actually modified workers prior to for a wide array of causes, scaling down crew for this flight was actually one more tough decision to adapt to given that the crew has trained as a team of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I possess miraculous assurance in every our crew, that have been actually excellent throughout training for the objective. Zena and also Stephanie are going to continue to assist their crewmates ahead of launch, as well as they embody what it suggests to become a specialist astronaut.".The organization will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am heavily happy with our entire workers," mentioned Cardman, "as well as I am actually certain Nick as well as Alex will definitely step into their roles along with excellence. All 4 people remain committed to the effectiveness of the objective, and also Stephanie and I expect flighting when the time corrects.".Wilson added, "I recognize Scar as well as Alex are going to perform a great work along with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Expedition 72.".With 203 days logged in room, this are going to be Hague's third launch as well as 2nd purpose to the orbiting research laboratory. During the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as functioned as a trip engineer aboard the spaceport station during the course of Trips 59 and 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to update space station energy bodies as well as install a docking adapter for industrial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Area Power, Hague completed a developing turning at the Defense Division, and served as the Area Power's supervisor of exam and also examination coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner System till this air travel task. Adhere To @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's very first vacation to area and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he studied engineering along with qualifications in spacecraft and also upper stages coming from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree from the military division with a specialty in operating and repairing plane, helicopters, as well as plane engines. Just before his assortment as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia and supported freight space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Trip 72 crew aboard the station. They will definitely join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific analysis and also maintenance activities in to the station's 24th year of continuous human presence.Discover more about International Space Station investigation and operations 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.