.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston holds a wide array of special responsibilities and benefits. Those consist of being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.One of those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is currently preparing to launch to the International Space Station together with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth spinning purpose under NASA's Office Team Course. This are going to be the third launch as well as 2nd mission to the space station for Hague, who was picked as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually invested 203 days in space.Hague was birthed as well as increased in Kansas however has actually crisscrossed the country for university and occupation. He earned levels coming from the USA Sky Troop Academy in Colorado as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Modern Technology in Cambridge, and he participated in the U.S. Aviation service Examination Captain University at Edwards Aviation Service Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's military occupation has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., as well as featured a five-month release to Iraq. Hague moved coming from the Air Force to the United State Space Force in 2020 after acting as the Room Force's director of test as well as examination at the Government.Familiar with new locations, Hague strongly recalls creating his very first travel to Johnson when he was speaking with to join NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no idea what to expect, as well as it was actually a little difficult. I understood everyone was enjoying me and also determining me," he stated. "Luckily, despite the fact that I wasn't chosen after that, I got an additional odds a few years later. It's a quite enchanting location.".Hague completed his rocketeer training in July 2015 as component of NASA's 21st astronaut class. He was actually the very first astronaut from that team to be designated to a goal, which launched in October 2018 but was miscarried quickly after takeoff. His next spaceflight occurred in 2019, when he signed up with 3 of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has made several memories at Johnson, but one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite in the middle of the 2013 federal government closure. "I'm active-duty military so I still pertained to function," he revealed. "I bear in mind being actually onsite and the facility being actually entirely vacant. Having the capacity to use around a vacant campus on the free-range bikes-- it was serene and also unique." It was likewise an examine of what a lot of Johnson employees experienced during the pandemic and exactly how NASA sustains nonstop assistance for spaceflight functions regardless of extenuating instances.Hague currently looks ahead to one more trip to low Planet track. NASA as well as SpaceX authorities presently intend to release the Crew-9 objective no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The workers will certainly take off from Introduce Complex 40 coming from the Cape Canaveral Space Troop Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as well as Dragon space capsule.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 team aboard the station. They are going to sign up with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, as well as will certainly spend concerning 6 months carrying out scientific research study in microgravity and also completing a series of functional activities before coming back home.Even more particulars regarding the purpose and team can be found through complying with the Crew-9 blog post, @commercial_crew on X, or commercial team on Facebook. You may additionally adhere to @astrohague on X and also Instagram.