.Editor's note: This release was actually improved two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to correct Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a goal professional. It was upgraded once more to remedy a launch date.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly announced as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to flight to the spaceport station as leader as well as purpose professional, respectively, as part of a two-crew tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved workers supplement adheres to NASA's decision to return the organization's Boeing Workers Flight Examination uncrewed and launch Crew-9 along with 2 unoccupied seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to take flight home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to flight Hague was actually made by NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba had to balance flying a NASA team participant with previous spaceflight knowledge to control the trip, while ensuring NASA preserves an incorporated workers with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who may function their critical devices for proceeded, risk-free terminal procedures." While we've altered crew just before for a range of reasons, downsizing staff for this air travel was actually an additional challenging choice to get used to considered that the workers has actually taught as a staff of 4," said Acaba. "I possess the utmost assurance with all our staff, that have actually been actually great throughout instruction for the mission. Zena as well as Stephanie are going to continue to support their crewmates in front of launch, and also they embody what it indicates to be a qualified astronaut.".The company will certainly discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman as well as Wilson when offered." I am actually greatly happy with our whole entire staff," pointed out Cardman, "and I am actually self-assured Chip as well as Alex are going to step into their parts with superiority. All four of us stay dedicated to the excellence of this particular purpose, as well as Stephanie as well as I look forward to flighting when the moment corrects.".Wilson added, "I know Nick and Alex will carry out a fantastic project along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Trip 72.".Along with 203 times logged in area, this will definitely be Hague's third launch as well as 2nd objective to the orbiting lab. During his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months later on, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as a trip developer aboard the space station throughout Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to improve spaceport station power units and also install a docking adapter for office space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the USA Area Force, Hague accomplished a developing turning at the Self defense Department, and also functioned as the Room Force's director of test and also examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed obligations at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Plan till this flight job. Comply With @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will definitely be actually Gorbunov's initial vacation to area as well as the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he researched engineering with credentials in spacecraft and also upper stages from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov got a degree coming from the army division along with a specialty in operating and mending airplane, choppers, and plane motors. Before his assortment as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a designer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and sustained cargo space probe launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 team aboard the station. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering medical investigation and routine maintenance tasks in to the station's 24th year of continuous human existence.Learn more about International Spaceport station study and also functions 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.