.Publisher's keep in mind: This release was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to repair Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as an objective expert. It was actually improved once more to correct a launch date.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, formerly announced as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and also Gorbunov will fly to the space station as commander as well as mission professional, specifically, as part of a two-crew element air travel aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The upgraded team complement adheres to NASA's selection to come back the agency's Boeing Crew Tour Examination uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with two uninhabited chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to fly Hague was actually made by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba needed to balance flighting a NASA crew member along with previous spaceflight expertise to control the tour, while guaranteeing NASA preserves an integrated staff with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can easily operate their critical systems for continued, secure terminal operations." While our experts've changed team just before for a wide array of explanations, scaling down staff for this air travel was an additional tough decision to adapt to considered that the staff has actually educated as a staff of 4," said Acaba. "I have miraculous assurance in each our workers, who have been superb throughout training for the mission. Zena and Stephanie will remain to help their crewmates before launch, and also they display what it suggests to be an expert rocketeer.".The agency will discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman as well as Wilson when readily available." I am deeply proud of our whole entire crew," claimed Cardman, "and also I am actually confident Nick as well as Alex will definitely step into their roles along with quality. All four people continue to be specialized to the results of this particular objective, and Stephanie and also I anticipate taking flight when the moment is right.".Wilson included, "I know Scar and also Alex will certainly do a fantastic job with their job aboard the International Space Station as component of Trip 72.".With 203 times visited room, this are going to be Hague's 3rd launch as well as 2nd mission to the orbiting research laboratory. In the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failing, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also served as a tour developer aboard the space station throughout Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station power devices as well as mount a docking adapter for business space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Power, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Defense Department, and acted as the Area Power's supervisor of exam and also examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed responsibilities at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Course until this trip project. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first excursion to area as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he researched design along with qualifications in space capsule as well as upper phases coming from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the armed forces department with a specialized in operating and also restoring aircraft, helicopters, and aircraft engines. Just before his assortment as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also sustained payload spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Trip 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will certainly join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner performing medical study as well as routine maintenance activities into the station's 24th year of continuous human presence.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station study as well as 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.