.Publisher's details: This release was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to deal with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as a goal specialist. It was actually upgraded again to improve a launch date.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly announced as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a future goal..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to pilot to the spaceport station as leader and also objective professional, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated staff supplement adheres to NASA's decision to come back the organization's Boeing Staff Tour Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 along with pair of empty chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to fly home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was made by NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to harmonize flying a NASA team member with previous spaceflight adventure to influence the tour, while making certain NASA preserves an incorporated workers with a Roscosmos astronaut who can function their vital bodies for proceeded, secure terminal functions." While our team've changed staff before for a selection of factors, scaling down staff for this air travel was actually an additional hard decision to adjust to dued to the fact that the team has actually trained as a staff of four," pointed out Acaba. "I possess miraculous confidence in each our staff, who have actually been great throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie are going to remain to support their crewmates ahead of launch, and they exemplify what it implies to be a qualified rocketeer.".The agency will definitely discuss reassignment information for Cardman as well as Wilson when readily available." I am actually heavily happy with our whole entire workers," stated Cardman, "and I am actually confident Scar as well as Alex are going to enter their tasks along with distinction. All four of us remain committed to the results of this objective, and also Stephanie and also I expect flighting when the moment is right.".Wilson added, "I understand Chip as well as Alex are going to perform a great work along with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Trip 72.".Along with 203 days logged in space, this will definitely be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting laboratory. Throughout his very first launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as safe touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. Five months later, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a tour engineer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station electrical power devices and install a docking adapter for office spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Force, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Defense Division, and also acted as the Area Pressure's director of exam and also examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed roles at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner System until this flight project. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be actually Gorbunov's 1st trip to room and also the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed engineering with qualifications in space capsule and also upper phases coming from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov got a degree from the military team with a specialty in operating and also fixing aircraft, helicopters, as well as airplane engines. Before his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a designer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also sustained cargo space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will become members of the Exploration 72 team aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner performing clinical research as well as servicing tasks in to the station's 24th year of constant individual visibility.Learn more about International Space Station investigation and procedures 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.