.Publisher's note: This launch was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as an objective professional. It was improved again to repair a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, formerly introduced as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a future mission..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to fly to the spaceport station as commander as well as purpose professional, specifically, as portion of a two-crew member tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded team enhance adheres to NASA's choice to return the agency's Boeing Team Air travel Test uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with 2 abandoned seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to take flight home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was created by NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba needed to stabilize taking flight a NASA staff participant with previous spaceflight adventure to influence the flight, while making sure NASA preserves an integrated team along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can easily function their vital systems for proceeded, risk-free station operations." While we have actually modified crew just before for a range of explanations, scaling down team for this tour was actually an additional difficult decision to get used to given that the team has actually trained as a crew of 4," pointed out Acaba. "I possess the utmost self-confidence in each our crew, who have actually been exceptional throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will certainly remain to support their crewmates in front of launch, as well as they show what it suggests to be an expert astronaut.".The firm will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am greatly proud of our entire crew," pointed out Cardman, "as well as I am positive Nick and also Alex are going to enter their roles with superiority. All four of us stay committed to the success of the mission, and Stephanie and I look forward to flying when the time corrects.".Wilson included, "I understand Chip and Alex will definitely do a wonderful job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 days logged in area, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch as well as 2nd mission to the orbiting laboratory. In the course of his very first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months later on, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as acted as a trip designer aboard the spaceport station during Explorations 59 as well as 60. Hague performed 3 spacewalks to improve space station energy units and also put in a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Power, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Protection Team, and worked as the Area Power's director of test and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Program up until this tour task. Adhere To @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's 1st travel to room as well as the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he researched engineering along with certifications in spacecraft as well as top phases coming from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the army team with a specialized in operating as well as mending plane, choppers, and aircraft motors. Before his assortment as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also sustained payload space probe launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will enter of the Exploration 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner performing scientific analysis and also routine maintenance tasks right into the station's 24th year of continuous individual presence.Discover more about International Spaceport station investigation and also operations 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.