.Publisher's note: This launch was improved two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to remedy Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as an objective professional. It was actually upgraded again to remedy a launch date.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, recently declared as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a future objective..Hague and also Gorbunov will flight to the space station as leader as well as mission specialist, specifically, as component of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated workers supplement follows NASA's selection to come back the organization's Boeing Team Trip Examination uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with 2 unoccupied seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will take flight home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was actually created by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba had to harmonize piloting a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight adventure to influence the flight, while making sure NASA maintains an incorporated crew with a Roscosmos astronaut who may operate their critical units for continued, secure terminal operations." While we have actually transformed crew before for a range of factors, scaling down crew for this flight was actually another hard decision to adapt to dued to the fact that the crew has qualified as a workers of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I have the utmost peace of mind in each our staff, that have actually been actually exceptional throughout training for the purpose. Zena as well as Stephanie will continue to support their crewmates before launch, and they show what it means to be a professional rocketeer.".The company will certainly share reassignment information for Cardman and Wilson when on call." I am heavily happy with our whole entire staff," pointed out Cardman, "and I am confident Nick as well as Alex will certainly enter their functions with quality. All four of us stay committed to the effectiveness of this purpose, and Stephanie as well as I expect taking flight when the time corrects.".Wilson added, "I recognize Chip and Alex will definitely perform a terrific task along with their work aboard the International Space Station as portion of Exploration 72.".With 203 times visited area, this will be actually Hague's third launch and also 2nd mission to the orbiting lab. During the course of his first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also safe touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as functioned as an air travel engineer aboard the space station throughout Trips 59 and also 60. Hague performed 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station energy bodies as well as put in a docking adapter for commercial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Room Force, Hague finished a developing turning at the Protection Department, as well as worked as the Room Pressure's director of test and analysis coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner System till this tour job. Adhere To @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's first excursion to space as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he analyzed engineering along with certifications in space capsule as well as top phases coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov got a degree coming from the military department with a specialty in operating as well as repairing airplane, choppers, and also aircraft motors. Just before his assortment as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and also assisted cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will become members of the Trip 72 team aboard the station. They will definitely participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner performing scientific study as well as servicing activities in to the terminal's 24th year of ongoing individual presence.Learn more about International Spaceport station investigation as well as procedures 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.