.Editor's details: This launch was improved twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to repair Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a purpose specialist. It was actually updated once more to fix a launch day.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Spaceport Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, earlier declared as crewmates, are qualified for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and also Gorbunov will flight to the space station as commander as well as mission specialist, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew member trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded crew enhance adheres to NASA's choice to return the company's Boeing Team Trip Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with two abandoned seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to flight home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was made by NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba must stabilize flying a NASA workers participant along with previous spaceflight expertise to command the flight, while guaranteeing NASA keeps an incorporated workers along with a Roscosmos astronaut who can easily work their vital systems for carried on, safe terminal operations." While our team have actually modified staff prior to for an assortment of causes, scaling down workers for this trip was one more tough selection to get used to given that the team has actually taught as a staff of four," said Acaba. "I have the utmost self-confidence in every our staff, that have been actually exceptional throughout training for the objective. Zena as well as Stephanie will certainly remain to support their crewmates in front of launch, and they exhibit what it means to become a specialist astronaut.".The organization will discuss reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when offered." I am actually profoundly happy with our whole entire workers," pointed out Cardman, "and also I am self-assured Scar and also Alex are going to step into their tasks along with distinction. All 4 of us remain specialized to the results of this particular mission, and also Stephanie and I anticipate flying when the amount of time is right.".Wilson added, "I recognize Chip as well as Alex will definitely carry out a fantastic task with their work aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Expedition 72.".With 203 days logged in room, this will be Hague's third launch as well as second mission to the orbiting research laboratory. In the course of his first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also acted as a flight engineer aboard the spaceport station during the course of Trips 59 and 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station electrical power bodies and install a docking adapter for business space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Pressure, Hague accomplished a developing rotation at the Protection Team, as well as acted as the Space Power's supervisor of examination as well as examination from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner Program till this air travel task. Adhere To @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will certainly be Gorbunov's first vacation to space as well as the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he studied design along with credentials in space probe and higher stages coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov finished coming from the military team along with a specialized in operating and also restoring aircraft, helicopters, and also airplane motors. Before his choice as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as an engineer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia and also supported freight spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will enter of the Exploration 72 crew aboard the station. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner administering medical research as well as routine maintenance tasks in to the station's 24th year of continual individual existence.Find out more about International Spaceport station analysis and also 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.