.Editor's note: This launch was actually updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to repair Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a mission specialist. It was actually upgraded again to fix a launch day.NASA astronaut Nick Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously announced as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and Gorbunov will take flight to the space station as commander and goal specialist, specifically, as part of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved crew enhance observes NASA's choice to come back the company's Boeing Crew Flight Exam uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with two abandoned seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to flight Hague was actually created by NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba had to balance piloting a NASA workers member with previous spaceflight adventure to command the flight, while guaranteeing NASA maintains an incorporated workers with a Roscosmos astronaut who may run their vital bodies for proceeded, risk-free terminal procedures." While our company've transformed staff prior to for a selection of main reasons, downsizing workers for this tour was yet another hard decision to adjust to given that the crew has taught as a staff of four," claimed Acaba. "I possess the utmost peace of mind in each our workers, who have actually been excellent throughout training for the goal. Zena and also Stephanie will definitely remain to help their crewmates ahead of launch, and they exhibit what it implies to become a qualified rocketeer.".The organization will definitely discuss reassignment information for Cardman and Wilson when available." I am profoundly pleased with our whole staff," said Cardman, "and I am certain Chip and Alex will enter their functions with quality. All four of us remain dedicated to the effectiveness of the purpose, and Stephanie and also I anticipate piloting when the amount of time is right.".Wilson included, "I understand Nick and also Alex will definitely carry out a great task along with their job aboard the International Space Station as part of Trip 72.".With 203 days visited space, this will definitely be Hague's 3rd launch and second mission to the orbiting research laboratory. In the course of his very first launch in Oct 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. 5 months eventually, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also served as a tour engineer aboard the space station in the course of Trips 59 as well as 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station energy devices as well as put in a docking adapter for commercial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Space Power, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Defense Division, and also acted as the Area Power's supervisor of examination and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to roles at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner System until this air travel project. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's very first trip to space and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he researched design along with certifications in spacecraft and also upper stages coming from the Moscow Aeronautics Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the armed forces team along with a specialized in operating as well as repairing airplane, choppers, and aircraft engines. Prior to his choice as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia and assisted payload space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Trip 72 crew aboard the station. They will definitely sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner conducting scientific research and servicing tasks in to the station's 24th year of constant human visibility.Find out more concerning International Space Station study and functions 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.