.Editor's note: This launch was updated twice on Aug. 30, 2024. Initially, to deal with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov's task as a purpose expert. It was updated again to remedy a launch date.NASA astronaut Chip Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will certainly release no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 24, on the company's SpaceX Crew-9 goal to the International Spaceport Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and also Stephanie Wilson, recently declared as crewmates, are actually eligible for reassignment on a future purpose..Hague and Gorbunov will fly to the space station as commander and also objective expert, respectively, as aspect of a two-crew flight aboard a SpaceX Monster.The upgraded workers enhance adheres to NASA's choice to return the agency's Boeing Staff Air travel Exam uncrewed and launch Crew-9 with pair of empty seats. NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore as well as Suni Williams, that introduced aboard the Starliner spacecraft in June, are going to flight home along with Hague and Gorbunov in February 2025.The selection to pilot Hague was actually created through NASA main astronaut Joe Acaba at the firm's Johnson Space Facility in Houston. Acaba must harmonize flighting a NASA crew participant along with previous spaceflight knowledge to command the flight, while making certain NASA keeps an incorporated workers with a Roscosmos astronaut that can run their important devices for proceeded, safe terminal operations." While our team've changed team just before for a selection of main reasons, downsizing workers for this air travel was one more difficult choice to get used to dued to the fact that the crew has actually educated as a staff of four," said Acaba. "I possess the utmost assurance in each our team, who have actually been outstanding throughout training for the goal. Zena as well as Stephanie will certainly continue to assist their crewmates in advance of launch, and they exhibit what it means to be an expert rocketeer.".The firm is going to share reassignment particulars for Cardman as well as Wilson when accessible." I am heavily happy with our whole entire team," said Cardman, "as well as I am actually confident Nick and also Alex will step into their parts with superiority. All 4 people continue to be dedicated to the excellence of the objective, and also Stephanie and I look forward to taking flight when the moment is right.".Wilson incorporated, "I know Scar as well as Alex will definitely perform a fantastic work with their job aboard the International Spaceport station as aspect of Expedition 72.".Along with 203 times logged in room, this will certainly be actually Hague's third launch and also 2nd objective to the orbiting lab. During the course of his first launch in October 2018, Hague and his crewmate, Roscosmos' Alexey Ovchinin, experienced a rocket booster failure, leading to an in-flight, post-launch abort, ballistic re-entry, as well as risk-free landing in their Soyuz MS-10 space probe. Five months later, Hague launched aboard Soyuz MS-12 and also worked as a tour engineer aboard the space station in the course of Expeditions 59 and also 60. Hague conducted three spacewalks to improve space station power units and also set up a docking adapter for business space capsule. An active-duty colonel in the united state Area Force, Hague accomplished a developmental turning at the Protection Division, and worked as the Area Force's supervisor of examination as well as analysis from 2020 to 2022. In August 2022, Hague returned to tasks at NASA, servicing the Boeing Starliner System till this trip job. Observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.This will certainly be Gorbunov's initial excursion to area and also the station. Born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk area, Russia, he examined design along with qualifications in space capsule and top stages from the Moscow Air Travel Principle. Gorbunov graduated coming from the armed forces department along with a specialty in operating as well as restoring airplane, helicopters, and also aircraft motors. Before his option as a cosmonaut in 2018, he functioned as an engineer for Spacecraft Space Corp. Energia and also sustained payload space capsule launches coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.Hague as well as Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 staff aboard the station. They are going to sign up with Wilmore, Williams, fellow NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner carrying out clinical research and maintenance activities in to the terminal's 24th year of constant human existence.Discover more concerning International Space Station study and functions 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.