.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston carries a selection of one-of-a-kind accountabilities and benefits. Those include being actually the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Some of those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is now prepping to launch to the International Space Station along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the nine spinning goal under NASA's Office Crew Plan. This will be the 3rd launch and second purpose to the spaceport station for Hague, that was actually selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and has devoted 203 times in space.Hague was actually born as well as elevated in Kansas yet has actually crisscrossed the country for college and occupation. He got degrees coming from the United States Sky Force School in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Modern Technology in Cambridge, as well as he attended the U.S. Flying force Test Captain School at Edwards Flying Force Base in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces job has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., and also included a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transferred from the Air Force to the United State Room Interject 2020 after serving as the Room Pressure's director of examination and examination at the Pentagon.No stranger to brand new spots, Hague vividly recalls creating his initial journey to Johnson when he was actually speaking with to sign up with NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no tip what to count on, and also it was a little overwhelming. I understood everyone was viewing me and also judging me," he stated. "The good news is, even though I had not been picked after that, I got one more chance a handful of years later on. It is actually a fairly wonderful location.".Hague finished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as component of NASA's 21st rocketeer training class. He was the 1st rocketeer from that team to be assigned to a goal, which released in Oct 2018 but was actually miscarried quickly after launch. His next spaceflight happened in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his classmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has brought in numerous moments at Johnson, yet one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite surrounded by the 2013 government cessation. "I am actually active-duty military so I still related to function," he revealed. "I don't forget being onsite and the center being fully unfilled. Having the ability to use around an unfilled grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was serene and surreal." It was also a sneak peek of what several Johnson workers experienced in the course of the widespread as well as how NASA preserves round-the-clock assistance for spaceflight operations despite extenuating conditions.Hague now expects an additional journey to low Planet orbit. NASA as well as SpaceX officials presently organize to launch the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew will certainly lift off from Introduce Intricate 40 from the Cape Canaveral Room Troop Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft as well as Dragon space probe.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They will sign up with NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will certainly devote concerning six months administering medical analysis in microgravity and completing a variety of functional activities before coming back home.Even more particulars regarding the goal as well as staff may be found through observing the Crew-9 blog site, @commercial_crew on X, or even office crew on Facebook. You can additionally follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.