.Editor's note: This launch was actually upgraded two times on Aug. 30, 2024. First, to correct Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's job as an objective specialist. It was updated once more to fix a launch day.NASA astronaut Scar Hague as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are going to launch no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. NASA rocketeers Zena Cardman and Stephanie Wilson, recently revealed as crewmates, are eligible for reassignment on a future mission..Hague and also Gorbunov are going to pilot to the space station as commander and also mission specialist, specifically, as aspect of a two-crew element trip aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded staff supplement adheres to NASA's selection to come back the company's Boeing Staff Flight Exam uncrewed as well as launch Crew-9 with two deserted chairs. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, who released aboard the Starliner space capsule in June, are going to fly home along with Hague as well as Gorbunov in February 2025.The decision to pilot Hague was actually created through NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the organization's Johnson Area Facility in Houston. Acaba had to balance piloting a NASA team member along with previous spaceflight knowledge to command the trip, while making sure NASA keeps an incorporated workers along with a Roscosmos cosmonaut that can operate their important units for carried on, secure station operations." While our team have actually transformed crew prior to for a range of explanations, downsizing staff for this tour was another difficult selection to adapt to given that the staff has taught as a crew of four," stated Acaba. "I have the utmost self-confidence in all our crew, that have actually been superb throughout training for the goal. Zena and Stephanie are going to continue to aid their crewmates ahead of launch, and they embody what it suggests to be a qualified rocketeer.".The company is going to discuss reassignment details for Cardman as well as Wilson when readily available." I am actually greatly proud of our entire team," mentioned Cardman, "and also I am actually certain Nick and also Alex will certainly step into their jobs along with distinction. All four of us stay committed to the success of this goal, as well as Stephanie and also I look forward to flying when the moment corrects.".Wilson added, "I recognize Chip and Alex will certainly perform a great work with their work aboard the International Spaceport station as component of Expedition 72.".With 203 times visited space, this will definitely be actually Hague's 3rd launch and second objective to the orbiting lab. During his 1st launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster breakdown, leading to 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 functioned as a tour developer aboard the space station throughout Expeditions 59 as well as 60. Hague administered 3 spacewalks to update spaceport station power systems as well as set up a docking adapter for industrial spacecraft. An active-duty colonel in the USA Area Force, Hague accomplished a developing rotation at the Self defense Department, and acted as the Space Power's director of exam as well as analysis from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to duties at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner Plan till this air travel assignment. Follow @astrohague on X and Instagram.This will definitely be Gorbunov's very first vacation to space as well as the station. Birthed in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined engineering along with certifications in space capsule and also top phases from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov graduated from the armed forces department along with a specialty in operating and also restoring aircraft, choppers, as well as plane motors. Before his selection as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as an engineer for Rocket Area Corp. Energia and sustained cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague and Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner administering scientific study as well as upkeep activities right into the station's 24th year of constant human presence.Learn more about International Space Station research study and also 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.