.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was improved two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to correct Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a goal professional. It was upgraded once again to correct a launch day.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously declared as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to take flight to the space station as commander and also goal specialist, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew air travel aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded team complement observes NASA's decision to come back the firm's Boeing Crew Flight Examination uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with pair of uninhabited chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to pilot home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was actually created through NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba needed to balance flighting a NASA workers member along with previous spaceflight knowledge to command the trip, while making sure NASA keeps an integrated crew along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can easily work their crucial bodies for carried on, risk-free station procedures." While our team've modified team just before for a wide array of factors, scaling down staff for this flight was one more hard decision to adapt to given that the workers has trained as a workers of four," claimed Acaba. "I have the utmost confidence in each our crew, who have been actually superb throughout instruction for the goal. Zena and also Stephanie will remain to aid their crewmates in advance of launch, and also they exemplify what it means to become a specialist rocketeer.".The company will definitely share reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when accessible." I am deeply proud of our whole workers," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am confident Nick and Alex are going to step into their duties with excellence. All 4 of us continue to be specialized to the excellence of the mission, and also Stephanie as well as I eagerly anticipate piloting when the time corrects.".Wilson added, "I recognize Chip and also Alex will perform a fantastic job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as component of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 days visited room, this will be actually Hague's third launch and also 2nd goal to the orbiting laboratory. During his first launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months later on, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as an air travel designer aboard the space station during Trips 59 and also 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to improve space station power units as well as put in a docking adapter for commercial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Power, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Self defense Division, and acted as the Room Power's supervisor of test and examination coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Program till this flight job. Follow @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's initial vacation to room and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he analyzed design along with qualifications in space probe and higher phases coming from the Moscow Aeronautics Principle. Gorbunov finished coming from the army department along with a specialized in operating as well as restoring airplane, choppers, and airplane motors. Just before his option as an astronaut in 2018, he functioned as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia as well as sustained freight space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Trip 72 crew 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 carrying out scientific investigation and maintenance activities right into the terminal's 24th year of continuous individual visibility.Learn more about International Spaceport station research as well as functions 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.