.Editor's keep in mind: This launch was actually updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as an objective specialist. It was actually updated once more to correct a launch time.NASA astronaut Nick Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, previously revealed as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a potential mission..Hague as well as Gorbunov are going to take flight to the space station as leader as well as mission professional, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated staff complement complies with NASA's choice to come back the organization's Boeing Workers Tour Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with 2 unoccupied seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, will take flight home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to fly Hague was created by NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Room Facility in Houston. Acaba must stabilize piloting a NASA workers participant along with previous spaceflight knowledge to control the trip, while making sure NASA keeps an incorporated crew with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can function their critical devices for carried on, risk-free station procedures." While our experts've modified staff prior to for a range of explanations, downsizing crew for this trip was actually an additional difficult selection to adapt to given that the crew has taught as a workers of 4," stated Acaba. "I possess miraculous self-confidence in all our staff, that have been actually superb throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie will continue to help their crewmates in advance of launch, and they display what it suggests to be an expert astronaut.".The agency will certainly discuss reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when on call." I am actually greatly happy with our entire staff," said Cardman, "and I am actually self-assured Chip as well as Alex will definitely step into their duties with superiority. All four of us stay dedicated to the excellence of the goal, and also Stephanie and also I look forward to piloting when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson included, "I recognize Nick as well as Alex will certainly carry out a wonderful job along with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 times logged in space, this will certainly be actually Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd objective to the orbiting lab. In the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and secure landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 as well as served as a trip designer aboard the spaceport station throughout Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to update spaceport station power units and also set up a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Area Power, Hague accomplished a developmental rotation at the Protection Division, as well as served as the Area Force's supervisor of exam and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed tasks at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Course till this flight task. Follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This are going to be actually Gorbunov's initial trip to space and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he analyzed design with certifications in space probe and also upper phases coming from the Moscow Aeronautics Principle. Gorbunov graduated from the military team with a specialty in operating as well as repairing plane, helicopters, and aircraft motors. Before his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as an engineer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and also sustained cargo space probe launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the terminal. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner performing clinical analysis as well as servicing activities in to the station's 24th year of constant human presence.Learn more about International Space Station study 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.