.Editor's note: This release was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as a purpose professional. It was actually improved once more to correct a launch day.NASA astronaut Chip Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the firm's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, formerly declared as crewmates, are qualified for reassignment on a future goal..Hague and also Gorbunov will pilot to the spaceport station as commander and purpose expert, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The updated staff complement follows NASA's choice to come back the firm's Boeing Crew Air travel Test uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with 2 abandoned chairs. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to pilot home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to flight Hague was made by NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba must balance flying a NASA team participant with previous spaceflight experience to regulate the tour, while making certain NASA sustains an integrated team with a Roscosmos astronaut that can operate their crucial bodies for carried on, safe terminal functions." While our company have actually transformed crew prior to for a selection of reasons, downsizing crew for this flight was actually one more tough selection to adapt to considered that the workers has taught as a team of 4," mentioned Acaba. "I have miraculous confidence in all our team, who have been great throughout training for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie will certainly remain to aid their crewmates in advance of launch, as well as they embody what it implies to be a qualified rocketeer.".The firm will share reassignment details for Cardman and Wilson when accessible." I am heavily happy with our entire workers," pointed out Cardman, "and I am actually certain Nick and Alex will definitely step into their duties along with distinction. All four of us remain specialized to the effectiveness of the objective, as well as Stephanie as well as I anticipate taking flight when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson incorporated, "I understand Chip and also Alex will carry out a great work with their job aboard the International Space Station as component of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 times visited area, this are going to be Hague's 3rd launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting research laboratory. Throughout his initial launch in Oct 2018, Hague and also his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a spacecraft booster failure, resulting in an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and also secure touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months later on, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and functioned as a flight developer aboard the spaceport station in the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague administered three spacewalks to update spaceport station power systems and also install a docking adapter for office spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Force, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Self defense Division, and also served as the Area Power's supervisor of examination and also evaluation coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed roles at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner System until this flight task. Observe @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's 1st excursion to room and the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and also higher stages coming from the Moscow Flying Principle. Gorbunov graduated coming from the armed forces team with a specialty in operating and also repairing aircraft, helicopters, and also aircraft motors. Prior to his option as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as a developer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and sustained packages space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov are going to enter of the Exploration 72 crew aboard the station. They will certainly sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner administering clinical research study and maintenance tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of continual human presence.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station research study as well as procedures 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.