.Editor's keep in mind: This launch was actually updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to fix Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as a goal professional. It was actually updated again to remedy a launch day.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, formerly declared as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a future mission..Hague and Gorbunov are going to pilot to the space station as commander and also purpose expert, respectively, as portion of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated crew complement follows NASA's choice to return the company's Boeing Staff Trip Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with 2 empty seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will pilot home with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was created by NASA chief astronaut Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize flighting a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight knowledge to command the air travel, while guaranteeing NASA preserves an incorporated staff with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can function their critical devices for continued, safe terminal procedures." While we've transformed team prior to for a variety of causes, downsizing staff for this air travel was one more hard choice to adjust to dued to the fact that the team has actually taught as a team of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence in all our staff, that have been outstanding throughout training for the goal. Zena and also Stephanie will remain to assist their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they exhibit what it means to be a qualified rocketeer.".The company will certainly discuss reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when available." I am profoundly proud of our entire staff," said Cardman, "and also I am confident Nick and Alex are going to step into their tasks with distinction. All 4 of us remain dedicated to the excellence of the purpose, and Stephanie and also I eagerly anticipate piloting when the time is right.".Wilson included, "I know Chip and also Alex will carry out a great work with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as component of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 days visited space, this will certainly be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting laboratory. Throughout his very first launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later on, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as a flight engineer aboard the space station during Explorations 59 and also 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to improve spaceport station electrical power devices and also install a docking adapter for business space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Pressure, Hague finished a developmental turning at the Self defense Team, as well as worked as the Space Force's director of exam and evaluation from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed obligations at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Plan till this air travel assignment. Adhere To @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's 1st vacation to area as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and top stages from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the military department with a specialty in operating and also repairing airplane, helicopters, as well as plane motors. Just before his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and supported cargo space probe launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Trip 72 staff aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner carrying out clinical research and maintenance tasks right into the station's 24th year of continuous human presence.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station investigation and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Josh Finch/ Jimi RussellHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.