.Publisher's note: This release was actually updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to improve Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as a purpose specialist. It was actually upgraded once again to deal with a launch time.NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, previously introduced as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to pilot to the space station as commander as well as goal expert, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew element tour aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The upgraded team enhance observes NASA's choice to return the company's Boeing Team Tour Exam uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with 2 empty chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to flight Hague was actually made through NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to stabilize piloting a NASA team participant along with previous spaceflight adventure to command the trip, while making sure NASA sustains an integrated team along with a Roscosmos astronaut that may work their crucial bodies for continued, secure terminal procedures." While we've altered workers prior to for an assortment of main reasons, scaling down staff for this tour was actually yet another hard choice to adapt to given that the crew has trained as a crew of four," pointed out Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence with all our workers, who have actually been outstanding throughout training for the objective. Zena and also Stephanie are going to continue to assist their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they exhibit what it suggests to become an expert astronaut.".The firm will definitely discuss reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when accessible." I am actually greatly happy with our whole staff," said Cardman, "and also I am actually positive Scar as well as Alex will step into their duties with excellence. All four people remain committed to the results of this goal, as well as Stephanie and I anticipate flying when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson added, "I recognize Scar and Alex are going to carry out a terrific work along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as component of Expedition 72.".With 203 times visited space, this will be actually Hague's 3rd launch and second purpose to the orbiting lab. Throughout his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a flight engineer aboard the spaceport station in the course of Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station electrical power systems as well as install a docking adapter for business space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the USA Area Power, Hague completed a developing turning at the Defense Department, as well as functioned as the Space Power's supervisor of exam as well as examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed obligations at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Plan up until this flight assignment. Comply With @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's first travel to room as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed engineering along with certifications in space capsule and also upper phases coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov finished coming from the military team with a specialty in operating and restoring airplane, helicopters, and airplane engines. Before his option as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a developer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia and supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Trip 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner conducting medical research study and upkeep tasks in to the station's 24th year of continuous human visibility.Find out more regarding International Space Station analysis 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.