.Editor's note: This release was upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a mission expert. It was improved once more to remedy a launch date.NASA astronaut Scar Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, earlier announced as crewmates, are actually qualified for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and Gorbunov will flight to the spaceport station as leader and also mission professional, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved team supplement adheres to NASA's decision to come back the agency's Boeing Crew Tour Test uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with pair of unoccupied seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will pilot home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to fly Hague was made through NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba needed to stabilize piloting a NASA crew member with previous spaceflight experience to command the flight, while making certain NASA maintains an integrated staff along with a Roscosmos astronaut that may work their important units for carried on, safe terminal operations." While we have actually altered staff before for a selection of reasons, scaling down crew for this trip was another hard decision to get used to dued to the fact that the crew has actually trained as a team of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence in every our workers, that have been outstanding throughout training for the goal. Zena and Stephanie will definitely continue to aid their crewmates in front of launch, and also they exemplify what it implies to be a qualified astronaut.".The organization will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when accessible." I am heavily happy with our entire team," stated Cardman, "and I am actually confident Nick and Alex will step into their parts along with distinction. All four of us stay dedicated to the results of this particular goal, and also Stephanie as well as I anticipate piloting when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I understand Scar and Alex will certainly carry out a fantastic job along with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Trip 72.".With 203 times visited space, this will definitely be actually Hague's third launch and also 2nd mission to the orbiting lab. During the course of his initial launch in October 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failing, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months later on, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as served as a trip engineer aboard the spaceport station during the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague conducted 3 spacewalks to improve space station energy bodies as well as install a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Room Pressure, Hague completed a developmental rotation at the Protection Division, and acted as the Area Pressure's director of exam and examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to responsibilities at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Course until this tour task. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be actually Gorbunov's 1st excursion to space and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined design with certifications in space probe as well as higher stages coming from the Moscow Flying Institute. Gorbunov finished coming from the army team with a specialized in operating as well as mending airplane, helicopters, and also plane motors. Prior to his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as an engineer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also supported cargo space capsule launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Trip 72 team aboard the terminal. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering clinical research and also upkeep tasks into the station's 24th year of ongoing human visibility.Discover more concerning 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.