.Publisher's note: This launch was actually upgraded twice on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to fix Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's role as an objective expert. It was updated once again to fix a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and also Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will definitely introduce no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the organization's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman as well as Stephanie Wilson, earlier introduced as crewmates, are actually entitled for reassignment on a potential purpose..Hague and Gorbunov are going to flight to the space station as commander and purpose professional, specifically, as part of a two-crew member tour aboard a SpaceX Monster.The improved staff enhance follows NASA's decision to return the company's Boeing Crew Air travel Examination uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with pair of unoccupied seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore and also Suni Williams, that launched aboard the Starliner space probe in June, will flight home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to take flight Hague was created through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Acaba must harmonize taking flight a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight experience to influence the flight, while making certain NASA sustains an incorporated team along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily function their important devices for continued, secure terminal functions." While our team have actually transformed team before for a wide array of causes, scaling down workers for this flight was another difficult choice to adapt to considered that the team has educated as a staff of four," claimed Acaba. "I possess miraculous assurance in every our workers, who have been actually superb throughout instruction for the purpose. Zena and Stephanie will definitely continue to aid their crewmates in front of launch, and they exemplify what it indicates to become a specialist rocketeer.".The firm will discuss reassignment particulars for Cardman and Wilson when on call." I am heavily proud of our whole staff," claimed Cardman, "and also I am actually positive Chip and also Alex will certainly step into their jobs with excellence. All 4 people stay committed to the effectiveness of the purpose, and also Stephanie as well as I look forward to piloting when the moment corrects.".Wilson included, "I recognize Chip and also Alex will do a wonderful job along with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as part of Trip 72.".Along with 203 days logged in room, this will be actually Hague's third launch and 2nd goal to the orbiting laboratory. During his first launch in October 2018, Hague as well as his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket enhancer failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and safe touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. 5 months later on, Hague released aboard Soyuz MS-12 and served as a tour developer aboard the space station during Explorations 59 as well as 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to improve space station energy units and also set up a docking adapter for industrial space probe. An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Area Power, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Self defense Team, and acted as the Space Pressure's supervisor of exam and assessment from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed duties at NASA, focusing on the Boeing Starliner Program up until this trip project. Follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will be Gorbunov's very first excursion to room and also the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia, he analyzed design with credentials in space probe as well as upper phases from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov finished from the army team with a specialty in operating and also repairing airplane, helicopters, and also aircraft motors. Before his choice as an astronaut in 2018, he worked as a developer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia as well as assisted freight spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 team aboard the station. They are going to participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner conducting clinical research study as well as routine maintenance activities right into the terminal's 24th year of continuous human presence.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station study 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.