.Publisher's keep in mind: This launch was actually updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's function as a goal expert. It was upgraded again to fix a launch day.NASA rocketeer Scar Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, formerly announced as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague and Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as commander and also purpose professional, specifically, as portion of a two-crew member air travel aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated staff enhance observes NASA's selection to come back the company's Boeing Team Air travel Exam uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with 2 uninhabited seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who launched aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to fly home with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to take flight Hague was actually created by NASA principal rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Room Center in Houston. Acaba had to balance taking flight a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight knowledge to regulate the flight, while guaranteeing NASA maintains an integrated crew along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut who can easily run their important systems for carried on, secure terminal operations." While our team've modified crew just before for a wide array of causes, scaling down team for this flight was yet another challenging selection to adjust to given that the crew has taught as a staff of 4," stated Acaba. "I possess miraculous confidence in all our staff, who have actually been actually great throughout training for the purpose. Zena and also Stephanie will certainly continue to support their crewmates ahead of launch, and they embody what it means to become a qualified rocketeer.".The organization will certainly discuss reassignment information for Cardman and Wilson when offered." I am actually greatly pleased with our whole entire team," pointed out Cardman, "and I am actually self-assured Nick and Alex will definitely step into their duties along with distinction. All 4 people remain devoted to the results of the goal, as well as Stephanie and I expect flying when the amount of time corrects.".Wilson included, "I know Chip and also Alex are going to perform a fantastic project along with their work aboard the International Space Station as portion of Exploration 72.".With 203 times visited space, this will certainly be Hague's 3rd launch and also second goal to the orbiting laboratory. Throughout his first launch in Oct 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failing, leading to 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 and also functioned as an air travel developer aboard the space station throughout Expeditions 59 and 60. Hague carried out 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station electrical power units and also put in a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Space Pressure, Hague finished a developing rotation at the Self defense Division, as well as worked as the Area Pressure's supervisor of examination and assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to obligations at NASA, dealing with the Boeing Starliner Plan up until this tour job. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's very first excursion to room and the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he examined design with qualifications in spacecraft and also top phases from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the military department with a specialized in operating and also repairing plane, choppers, and also airplane engines. Before his option as a cosmonaut in 2018, he operated as a designer for Rocket Space Corp. Energia and also sustained cargo space capsule launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Expedition 72 workers aboard the station. They will join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner administering scientific investigation and also maintenance activities in to the station's 24th year of continuous individual visibility.Find out more about International Spaceport station analysis and also functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.