.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston contains a wide array of distinct tasks as well as privileges. Those feature being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Some of those astronauts-- Scar Hague-- is right now readying to release to the International Space Station in addition to Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the nine rotational mission under NASA's Office Team System. This are going to be the 3rd launch as well as 2nd purpose to the space station for Hague, that was selected as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 as well as has actually spent 203 times in space.Hague was born and also raised in Kansas yet has actually crisscrossed the country for college as well as occupation. He earned degrees coming from the United States Air Troop Institute in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation in Cambridge, and he participated in the united state Aviation service Test Fly School at Edwards Flying Force Bottom in The Golden State. Hague's military career has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month release to Iraq. Hague transmitted from the Air Force to the USA Room Interject 2020 after working as the Area Power's supervisor of exam as well as examination at the Government.No stranger to brand-new places, Hague strongly recalls creating his 1st vacation to Johnson when he was interviewing to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no idea what to anticipate, and it was a bit frustrating. I recognized everybody was seeing me as well as determining me," he claimed. "Thankfully, despite the fact that I had not been chosen then, I acquired yet another chance a couple of years later. It's a pretty magical spot.".Hague accomplished his rocketeer instruction in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer course. He was the first rocketeer from that group to be delegated to a goal, which released in October 2018 however was actually miscarried soon after launch. His following spaceflight took place in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his friends-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has actually made several memories at Johnson, yet one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite in the middle of the 2013 government cessation. "I'm active-duty army so I still concerned operate," he described. "I don't forget being actually onsite and the center being totally unfilled. Having the ability to ride around an unfilled grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was actually serene as well as unique." It was likewise a sneak peek of what several Johnson staff members experienced throughout the widespread as well as how NASA sustains day-and-night help for spaceflight operations despite mitigating situations.Hague now expects another experience to low Earth track. NASA and SpaceX representatives presently plan to release the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew is going to lift off coming from Launch Complex 40 from the Cape Canaveral Space Troop Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as well as Monster space probe.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the terminal. They are going to join NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, as well as will definitely spend about 6 months administering medical investigation in microgravity and also accomplishing a stable of functional tasks prior to returning home.More information concerning the goal and also crew can be found through complying with the Crew-9 blog, @commercial_crew on X, or business workers on Facebook. You may likewise follow @astrohague on X and also Instagram.