.Editor's note: This release was actually updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. To begin with, to deal with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a mission professional. It was actually upgraded once more to repair a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously announced as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to take flight to the space station as commander as well as goal professional, specifically, as part of a two-crew element air travel aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded crew complement follows NASA's selection to come back the company's Boeing Workers Trip Exam uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with 2 deserted chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that released aboard the Starliner space probe in June, will pilot home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to pilot Hague was made by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Area Center in Houston. Acaba must balance flighting a NASA staff member along with previous spaceflight knowledge to control the flight, while making sure NASA preserves an integrated team with a Roscosmos astronaut who may operate their important bodies for continued, risk-free terminal procedures." While we have actually changed workers prior to for a range of main reasons, downsizing workers for this trip was another tough selection to adjust to considered that the workers has trained as a workers of 4," said Acaba. "I possess miraculous peace of mind in each our staff, who have been actually superb throughout instruction for the mission. Zena and also Stephanie will continue to aid their crewmates before launch, and they show what it suggests to become an expert rocketeer.".The firm will discuss reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when on call." I am greatly proud of our whole entire workers," pointed out Cardman, "as well as I am self-assured Chip as well as Alex are going to enter their jobs with excellence. All 4 of us stay devoted to the effectiveness of this mission, and Stephanie and also I expect taking flight when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson added, "I know Chip as well as Alex are going to perform a wonderful task with their job aboard the International Space Station as component of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 days visited area, this will certainly be Hague's third launch and second goal to the orbiting research laboratory. During the course of his 1st launch in Oct 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft enhancer breakdown, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as safe landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months later, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also served as an air travel designer aboard the spaceport station during Trips 59 and 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station electrical power devices as well as mount a docking adapter for office spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Space Power, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Defense Division, and also worked as the Room Power's supervisor of examination and assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to responsibilities at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Course up until this tour project. Follow @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's initial vacation to room as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he researched design with qualifications in space probe and also upper stages coming from the Moscow Air Travel Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the army department with a specialized in operating and also fixing airplane, choppers, and aircraft motors. Prior to his variety as an astronaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and sustained packages spacecraft launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to become members of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They will definitely participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner conducting scientific investigation and servicing activities into the station's 24th year of continuous individual visibility.Learn more concerning International Space Station research and 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.