.Editor's note: This launch was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as an objective expert. It was actually improved once again to correct a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently announced as crewmates, are qualified for reassignment on a future mission..Hague and Gorbunov are going to pilot to the space station as leader and also goal specialist, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew element flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated staff enhance adheres to NASA's decision to return the organization's Boeing Staff Air travel Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 along with two deserted seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to take flight home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to fly Hague was actually made through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba had to balance flighting a NASA crew participant with previous spaceflight adventure to command the trip, while making sure NASA maintains an incorporated team along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily run their essential units for proceeded, risk-free station functions." While our company have actually modified team just before for a variety of explanations, scaling down crew for this air travel was an additional tough decision to adjust to considered that the workers has qualified as a team of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I have miraculous peace of mind with all our team, that have actually been superb throughout training for the purpose. Zena as well as Stephanie will remain to support their crewmates ahead of launch, and they embody what it suggests to become a professional rocketeer.".The agency will certainly share reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when available." I am profoundly happy with our whole workers," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually certain Chip as well as Alex will definitely enter their duties along with distinction. All four of us continue to be dedicated to the excellence of this particular purpose, and also Stephanie and I await taking flight when the moment is right.".Wilson incorporated, "I know Chip as well as Alex will definitely perform a terrific task with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Exploration 72.".With 203 times logged in space, this are going to be Hague's 3rd launch and also 2nd objective to the orbiting laboratory. Throughout his very first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as a trip developer aboard the space station throughout Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station electrical power units and also put up a docking adapter for business space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Room Power, Hague finished a developmental turning at the Defense Division, and also served as the Room Pressure's director of exam and examination coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner System till this tour task. Adhere To @astrohague on X and Instagram.This are going to be actually Gorbunov's initial trip to space and the terminal. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he analyzed design along with qualifications in space capsule as well as higher stages coming from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree from the armed forces team along with a specialized in operating and restoring airplane, helicopters, as well as plane motors. Just before his option as an astronaut in 2018, he functioned as a designer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and also assisted packages spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner carrying out medical research and also routine maintenance tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of ongoing individual presence.Discover more about International Spaceport station study and also 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.