.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston contains an assortment of distinct duties and also privileges. Those feature being actually the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Among those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is actually right now prepping to launch to the International Spaceport Station alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational goal under NASA's Industrial Crew Course. This will certainly be the 3rd launch and also second objective to the space station for Hague, who was actually decided on as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually spent 203 days precede.Hague was birthed and increased in Kansas but has crisscrossed the country for university as well as career. He made degrees coming from the USA Air Force Institute in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation in Cambridge, as well as he participated in the united state Aviation service Exam Aviator School at Edwards Aviation Service Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces profession has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month release to Iraq. Hague moved from the Aviation service to the U.S. Room Interject 2020 after working as the Area Power's director of examination as well as examination at the Government.Familiar with brand new locations, Hague vividly recalls producing his first travel to Johnson when he was questioning to join NASA's rocketeer corps. "I possessed no concept what to count on, and also it was a little bit overwhelming. I recognized everybody was watching me and judging me," he claimed. "Thankfully, despite the fact that I had not been decided on then, I received an additional opportunity a handful of years later on. It is actually a rather enchanting area.".Hague finished his rocketeer instruction in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer lesson. He was the first rocketeer coming from that team to become assigned to an objective, which launched in October 2018 but was actually miscarried shortly after departure. His next spaceflight happened in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and 60.Hague has created lots of memories at Johnson, but one that stands apart is his expertise working onsite amid the 2013 government shutdown. "I'm active-duty army so I still related to operate," he revealed. "I bear in mind being onsite and also the center being actually totally vacant. Being able to use around an empty grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was calm as well as unique." It was actually likewise a preview of what numerous Johnson staff members experienced throughout the global and also exactly how NASA preserves continuous assistance for spaceflight operations no matter extenuating conditions.Hague currently expects one more journey to reduced Planet track. NASA and also SpaceX authorities presently consider to introduce the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew will definitely lift off from Introduce Complex 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Space Troop Station in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and Monster space probe.Hague and also Gorbonov will become members of the Trip 72 crew aboard the station. They will certainly join NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, as well as will spend concerning 6 months conducting scientific research in microgravity and also finishing a variety of functional tasks just before coming back home.Additional details regarding the mission and also staff could be found by complying with the Crew-9 blog site, @commercial_crew on X, or even commercial workers on Facebook. You may likewise observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.