.Publisher's note: This launch was actually upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to remedy Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as an objective specialist. It was actually improved again to correct a launch day.NASA rocketeer Scar Hague and Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 purpose to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are qualified for reassignment on a potential objective..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to fly to the spaceport station as leader as well as goal expert, specifically, as part of a two-crew member flight aboard a SpaceX Dragon.The updated workers complement complies with NASA's selection to return the organization's Boeing Workers Tour Test uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 along with two empty seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who introduced aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, will flight home with Hague and also Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to pilot Hague was actually made through NASA main rocketeer Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize flying a NASA staff member with previous spaceflight expertise to command the air travel, while guaranteeing NASA preserves an incorporated crew along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can run their important bodies for proceeded, safe station operations." While our experts have actually altered crew just before for an assortment of reasons, scaling down workers for this flight was yet another tough decision to get used to given that the staff has actually qualified as a staff of four," claimed Acaba. "I have miraculous assurance with all our team, who have actually been actually great throughout training for the objective. Zena as well as Stephanie are going to remain to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and also they display what it means to be a specialist rocketeer.".The agency will discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and Wilson when offered." I am greatly pleased with our whole workers," pointed out Cardman, "as well as I am confident Nick and Alex are going to enter their parts with superiority. All four of us remain committed to the success of this particular purpose, and also Stephanie and I eagerly anticipate piloting when the time is right.".Wilson included, "I recognize Nick as well as Alex are going to do a great job along with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Trip 72.".Along with 203 days logged in space, this will be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd mission to the orbiting lab. During his 1st launch in Oct 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 spacecraft. 5 months later, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and worked as a trip designer aboard the spaceport station throughout Explorations 59 and also 60. Hague carried out three spacewalks to upgrade spaceport station electrical power bodies as well as put in a docking adapter for business spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Power, Hague completed a developmental rotation at the Defense Team, and worked as the Area Force's supervisor of examination and also assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner Program till this air travel task. Follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.This will be actually Gorbunov's first journey to area and also the terminal. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk location, Russia, he analyzed design along with qualifications in space probe and also higher phases from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov graduated from the army department along with a specialized in operating and also fixing plane, helicopters, and plane motors. Before his collection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a designer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia as well as assisted payload space probe launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will become members of the Trip 72 team aboard the terminal. They are going to join Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner carrying out scientific study and also servicing tasks into the station's 24th year of constant human existence.Discover more regarding International Spaceport station research and 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.