.Publisher's note: This launch was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to improve Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's part as a purpose professional. It was updated once more to fix a launch day.NASA rocketeer Scar Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a future objective..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to take flight to the space station as leader and also goal specialist, specifically, as component of a two-crew trip aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated team supplement observes NASA's selection to come back the firm's Boeing Staff Air travel Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 along with two abandoned chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space probe in June, are going to flight home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to flight Hague was made through NASA chief rocketeer Joe Acaba at the agency's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba must stabilize piloting a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight knowledge to regulate the tour, while ensuring NASA preserves an integrated workers along with a Roscosmos astronaut that can work their vital systems for continued, secure station operations." While our experts have actually modified crew just before for a range of explanations, downsizing staff for this air travel was actually another tough choice to adapt to considered that the crew has taught as a team of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I possess the utmost self-confidence in each our staff, that have been great throughout instruction for the goal. Zena and Stephanie will certainly remain to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and they exhibit what it implies to become a professional astronaut.".The agency will discuss reassignment details for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am actually heavily pleased with our whole entire crew," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually certain Nick as well as Alex will definitely enter their roles along with superiority. All four of us remain devoted to the effectiveness of the goal, and Stephanie and also I eagerly anticipate taking flight when the time corrects.".Wilson incorporated, "I understand Chip as well as Alex will definitely perform a wonderful task along with their job aboard the International Space Station as aspect of Trip 72.".With 203 times visited area, this will be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd purpose to the orbiting research laboratory. Throughout his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Five months eventually, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a tour engineer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to upgrade space station power systems and also install a docking adapter for office space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the USA Room Pressure, Hague finished a developing turning at the Self defense Division, and also served as the Space Pressure's director of exam as well as analysis from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to duties at NASA, working on the Boeing Starliner Course until this tour job. Follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's initial excursion to area and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he researched design with qualifications in space probe and higher stages coming from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov earned a degree from the military department along with a specialized in operating and also restoring plane, helicopters, and also airplane engines. Just before his variety as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a developer for Rocket Room Corp. Energia and also sustained freight space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov are going to enter of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will definitely join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner carrying out clinical research study and upkeep activities in to the terminal's 24th year of continuous individual presence.Learn more about International Spaceport station research and 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.