.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston carries an assortment of one-of-a-kind duties as well as privileges. Those feature being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Among those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is now preparing to release to the International Space Station along with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th rotational purpose under NASA's Office Team Program. This are going to be the third launch and also second objective to the space station for Hague, that was picked as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually spent 203 times in space.Hague was birthed and also increased in Kansas however has crisscrossed the country for university as well as profession. He made degrees coming from the USA Air Troop Academy in Colorado and the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation in Cambridge, as well as he attended the united state Aviation service Examination Fly College at Edwards Flying Force Base in California. Hague's armed forces occupation has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted from the Air Force to the United State Room Force in 2020 after working as the Room Force's supervisor of test and also analysis at the Government.No stranger to brand-new spots, Hague clearly recollects producing his initial excursion to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I possessed no suggestion what to expect, and also it was a little bit overwhelming. I recognized everybody was seeing me and also judging me," he claimed. "Thankfully, despite the fact that I wasn't chosen then, I got another possibility a handful of years eventually. It is actually a pretty enchanting spot.".Hague finished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st astronaut course. He was the 1st astronaut coming from that group to be designated to a purpose, which launched in Oct 2018 however was actually aborted not long after departure. His following spaceflight happened in 2019, when he joined 3 of his classmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and 60.Hague has actually brought in lots of minds at Johnson, but one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite amidst the 2013 federal government cessation. "I am actually active-duty armed forces so I still related to work," he detailed. "I bear in mind being onsite and the center being fully unfilled. Managing to use around an unfilled campus on the free-range bikes-- it was actually quiet and also unique." It was actually also an examine of what several Johnson staff members experienced in the course of the pandemic as well as exactly how NASA preserves day-and-night support for spaceflight operations irrespective of extenuating conditions.Hague now expects an additional quest to reduced The planet orbit. NASA and also SpaceX representatives presently intend to release the Crew-9 mission no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew is going to ascend from Introduce Intricate 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Room Troop Terminal in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as well as Dragon space capsule.Hague as well as Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, as well as are going to devote about six months administering scientific study in microgravity as well as finishing a stable of functional tasks just before coming back home.Even more information about the mission as well as crew can be located through following the Crew-9 blogging site, @commercial_crew on X, or commercial team on Facebook. You can also adhere to @astrohague on X and also Instagram.