.Editor's note: This release was updated two times on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's duty as a purpose expert. It was actually updated again to repair a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and also Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 objective to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, previously revealed as crewmates, are entitled for reassignment on a potential goal..Hague and Gorbunov will pilot to the space station as leader and also purpose specialist, respectively, as component of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded staff enhance observes NASA's choice to return the company's Boeing Crew Trip Test uncrewed and also launch Crew-9 with two vacant seats. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to pilot home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The choice to take flight Hague was actually created through NASA principal astronaut Joe Acaba at the company's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba had to balance piloting a NASA crew participant with previous spaceflight expertise to regulate the trip, while ensuring NASA preserves an incorporated team with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can easily run their important units for carried on, risk-free terminal operations." While our company have actually changed team just before for an assortment of main reasons, downsizing crew for this flight was actually another difficult selection to adjust to dued to the fact that the staff has qualified as a crew of four," mentioned Acaba. "I possess miraculous confidence in all our team, that have been exceptional throughout training for the mission. Zena and Stephanie are going to remain to support their crewmates in advance of launch, and they show what it means to be an expert rocketeer.".The organization is going to discuss reassignment information for Cardman and also Wilson when readily available." I am actually heavily happy with our entire team," said Cardman, "and also I am self-assured Scar and also Alex are going to step into their duties along with excellence. All 4 people stay devoted to the effectiveness of this particular goal, and Stephanie and also I look forward to flying when the moment is right.".Wilson added, "I recognize Scar as well as Alex will definitely perform a terrific work along with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as component of Exploration 72.".Along with 203 days logged in space, this will certainly be actually Hague's third launch as well as 2nd goal 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, causing an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, and risk-free touchdown in their Soyuz MS-10 space capsule. Five months later, Hague introduced aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as a trip developer aboard the space station in the course of Trips 59 and also 60. Hague performed 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station energy systems and mount a docking adapter for office space probe. An active-duty colonel in the united state Room Power, Hague completed a developing turning at the Defense Department, as well as acted as the Area Pressure's supervisor of exam as well as examination coming from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague resumed roles at NASA, working with the Boeing Starliner Program till this trip project. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This are going to be Gorbunov's very first travel to room and also the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he studied engineering with credentials in space capsule as well as top phases from the Moscow Aviation Principle. Gorbunov earned a degree coming from the army division with a specialized in operating as well as mending airplane, helicopters, and airplane engines. Just before his choice as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as a developer for Spacecraft Area Corp. Energia and also supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov will become members of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner performing scientific investigation and upkeep tasks in to the terminal's 24th year of constant individual visibility.Discover more concerning International Space Station investigation as well as procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.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.