.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston contains an assortment of unique tasks and opportunities. Those feature being actually the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Some of those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is actually right now prepping to release to the International Space Station in addition to Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth spinning objective under NASA's Industrial Workers Course. This are going to be actually the 3rd launch and also 2nd goal to the spaceport station for Hague, that was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and has devoted 203 times precede.Hague was actually birthed and increased in Kansas however has crisscrossed the country for college and career. He gained degrees coming from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Institute of Modern Technology in Cambridge, and also he participated in the USA Air Force Test Captain School at Edwards Flying Force Bottom in California. Hague's army profession has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., as well as included a five-month release to Iraq. Hague transmitted coming from the Air Force to the U.S. Space Force in 2020 after serving as the Room Pressure's supervisor of exam as well as evaluation at the Government.No stranger to brand-new spots, Hague strongly recollects producing his 1st trip to Johnson when he was interviewing to sign up with NASA's astronaut corps. "I possessed no idea what to count on, and it was a little bit mind-boggling. I recognized everyone was actually seeing me and evaluating me," he pointed out. "Fortunately, even though I wasn't selected then, I acquired one more chance a few years eventually. It is actually a pretty magical place.".Hague accomplished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st astronaut course. He was actually the initial rocketeer coming from that team to be assigned to a mission, which introduced in Oct 2018 however was miscarried quickly after takeoff. His following spaceflight happened in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his schoolmates-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has brought in a lot of moments at Johnson, yet one that stands out is his expertise operating onsite surrounded by the 2013 authorities shutdown. "I'm active-duty military so I still concerned work," he detailed. "I keep in mind being onsite as well as the facility being completely unfilled. Having the ability to use around an empty grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was quiet and unique." It was additionally a sneak peek of what numerous Johnson workers experienced during the global and also just how NASA preserves day-and-night support for spaceflight operations despite mitigating circumstances.Hague right now looks ahead to an additional journey to low Planet orbit. NASA as well as SpaceX representatives presently prepare to introduce the Crew-9 objective no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew is going to ascend from Release Intricate 40 from the Cape Canaveral Room Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and Dragon space capsule.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Trip 72 staff aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will definitely invest concerning six months performing scientific research study in microgravity as well as accomplishing a variety of working tasks just before returning home.More information concerning the purpose and also workers may be located by complying with the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or even office staff on Facebook. You can also observe @astrohague on X and Instagram.