NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Preparing for Launch | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Preparing for Launch | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 members astronaut Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 members cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia and NASA astronaut Nick Hague

SpaceX Crew-9 pilot & commander Nick Hague

SpaceX Crew-9 mission specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia smile for a photo ahead of their launch

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are pictured completing their training before their mission to the International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov focus on final preparations for launch aboard Dragon during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California

NASA astronaut Nick Hague (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia pose inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia are preparing for launch to the International Space Station where they will join Expedition 72. This trip will mark Hague's second visit to the orbiting laboratory and Gorbunov's first. NASA and SpaceX teams have adjusted the next launch opportunity for the Crew-9 Mission to no earlier than 1:17pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral. This is due to tropical storm conditions in the area.

Gorbunov was born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, Russia. He studied engineering with qualifications in spacecraft and upper stages from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Gorbunov graduated from the military department with a specialty in operation and repair of aircraft, helicopters, and aircraft engines. Before being selected as a cosmonaut in 2018, he worked as an engineer for Rocket Space Corporation Energia and supported cargo spacecraft launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Note: Two original SpaceX Crew-9 Mission members, specialist Stephanie Wilson and commander Zena Cardman will have their flights rescheduled due to the need for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to remain aborad the space station much longer than planned.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

This is the ninth rotational mission to the space station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. It works with the American aerospace industry to meet the goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the orbital outpost on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

More information on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner 

NASA: Matthew Dominick, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett/SpaceX

Image Dates: Jan. 14, 2024 - Sept. 23, 2024

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