.Publisher's note: This launch was actually improved twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to correct Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a mission expert. It was improved again to deal with a launch time.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague as well as Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, previously revealed as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to fly to the space station as commander and also goal expert, respectively, as component of a two-crew element tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated workers supplement follows NASA's decision to return the agency's Boeing Staff Trip Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with 2 vacant seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who introduced aboard the Starliner space probe in June, will pilot home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to take flight Hague was actually made through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba needed to stabilize flighting a NASA crew member along with previous spaceflight adventure to control the flight, while guaranteeing NASA sustains an integrated staff with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily function their critical units for continued, safe station procedures." While our experts have actually altered team prior to for a selection of main reasons, downsizing team for this flight was actually an additional difficult choice to adapt to considered that the staff has trained as a staff of 4," claimed Acaba. "I have the utmost confidence in every our workers, who have actually been actually superb throughout training for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will continue to help their crewmates in front of launch, and they show what it indicates to be a qualified astronaut.".The company will discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am actually profoundly happy with our whole crew," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually self-assured Nick as well as Alex will step into their roles with excellence. All four people continue to be committed to the results of this goal, as well as Stephanie and also I anticipate taking flight when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I recognize Scar and also Alex will carry out a terrific task with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72.".With 203 times visited space, this will definitely be actually Hague's 3rd launch and also 2nd goal to the orbiting research laboratory. During the course of his very first launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failing, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also functioned as an air travel engineer aboard the spaceport station throughout Explorations 59 as well as 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to update space station energy units and also set up a docking adapter for office space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Force, Hague completed a developmental rotation at the Defense Department, and also served as the Room Pressure's supervisor of exam and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner System till this flight job. Comply With @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's 1st trip to area as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he researched engineering with credentials in spacecraft and also upper stages coming from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov got a degree from the military division along with a specialty in operating and also fixing plane, helicopters, as well as aircraft motors. Prior to his assortment as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia as well as sustained packages spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They are going to join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering medical research as well as upkeep tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of ongoing human visibility.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station analysis as well as 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.