.Publisher's note: This launch was actually upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to improve Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as an objective professional. It was actually updated once again to repair a launch date.NASA rocketeer Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently announced as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov will pilot to the space station as commander and goal expert, respectively, as part of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The upgraded staff supplement adheres to NASA's choice to return the firm's Boeing Workers Trip Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with 2 empty chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to take flight Hague was actually made by NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba must balance piloting a NASA team participant along with previous spaceflight knowledge to control the trip, while making sure NASA keeps an integrated staff along with a Roscosmos astronaut who can run their vital devices for continued, risk-free station procedures." While our company've altered workers before for a selection of factors, scaling down team for this air travel was another tough decision to adjust to dued to the fact that the crew has actually educated as a team of four," pointed out Acaba. "I possess miraculous peace of mind with all our crew, that have actually been actually excellent throughout training for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie will certainly remain to support their crewmates in front of launch, and they show what it means to become a specialist rocketeer.".The organization will discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am actually greatly pleased with our whole crew," mentioned Cardman, "and I am self-assured Scar and Alex will enter their roles with distinction. All four of us stay devoted to the effectiveness of this mission, as well as Stephanie and I anticipate flighting when the moment corrects.".Wilson added, "I understand Chip and also Alex will do a terrific job with their work aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72.".With 203 times logged in area, this are going to be Hague's third launch and also 2nd goal to the orbiting laboratory. During his initial launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also functioned as a trip designer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 and 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to improve space station power units and mount a docking adapter for commercial space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Force, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Protection Division, and also functioned as the Area Pressure's supervisor of test and assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner Plan until this tour project. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be actually Gorbunov's 1st excursion to space as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he examined design along with qualifications in space capsule and also higher phases coming from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov finished coming from the army division with a specialty in operating and mending airplane, helicopters, and plane engines. Before his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he functioned as a developer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia and supported payload space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will become members of the Trip 72 workers aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering scientific research study and servicing activities in to the terminal's 24th year of continual human existence.Discover more about International Spaceport station study 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.