.Editor's note: This release was updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as a goal expert. It was updated once again to remedy a launch date.NASA rocketeer Chip Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, formerly revealed as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and Gorbunov will flight to the space station as commander and mission expert, respectively, as component of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved team supplement observes NASA's decision to come back the organization's Boeing Staff Trip Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two deserted chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to take flight Hague was actually created by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize piloting a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight expertise to influence the trip, while making sure NASA preserves an incorporated workers with a Roscosmos astronaut who may function their crucial units for carried on, safe station operations." While our company have actually transformed workers before for a range of factors, downsizing staff for this flight was actually another tough choice to get used to given that the staff has qualified as a workers of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have the utmost peace of mind with all our staff, that have been exceptional throughout instruction for the mission. Zena and Stephanie will continue to aid their crewmates in front of launch, and they embody what it means to become a qualified astronaut.".The company will definitely discuss reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when available." I am actually heavily pleased with our entire crew," pointed out Cardman, "and I am confident Nick and Alex will definitely step into their jobs with distinction. All 4 people remain devoted to the success of this goal, and also Stephanie as well as I eagerly anticipate piloting when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson included, "I understand Nick as well as Alex will perform an excellent task along with their job aboard the International Space Station as portion of Trip 72.".Along with 203 times logged in space, this will certainly be actually Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd purpose to the orbiting research laboratory. During his initial launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failure, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as a flight designer aboard the spaceport station in the course of Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station electrical power units and also install a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Space Force, Hague completed a developing rotation at the Protection Department, and also worked as the Space Pressure's supervisor of test and analysis coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Plan till this air travel project. Follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will certainly be actually Gorbunov's 1st trip to space and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied design with certifications in space probe and also upper phases from the Moscow Air Travel Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the armed forces team along with a specialized in operating and mending aircraft, choppers, and airplane motors. Just before his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia and also supported payload space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to enter of the Expedition 72 team aboard the station. They will participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering scientific research as well as maintenance tasks into the terminal's 24th year of ongoing human visibility.Discover more about International Spaceport station investigation 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.