.As the center of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston contains a selection of one-of-a-kind obligations as well as benefits. Those consist of being actually the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Among those astronauts-- Scar Hague-- is actually now prepping to release to the International Spaceport Station along with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational goal under NASA's Commercial Team Program. This are going to be actually the 3rd launch and also second goal to the space station for Hague, that was actually decided on as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and also has invested 203 times in space.Hague was birthed as well as increased in Kansas however has actually crisscrossed the nation for college and profession. He gained levels coming from the USA Sky Force Academy in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation in Cambridge, and also he participated in the U.S. Flying force Examination Captain College at Edwards Air Force Bottom in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces career has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., and also consisted of a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted from the Aviation service to the USA Room Interject 2020 after acting as the Room Force's supervisor of examination as well as evaluation at the Pentagon.Familiar with brand new places, Hague clearly recalls creating his very first excursion to Johnson when he was actually questioning to join NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no suggestion what to expect, and it was actually a little mind-boggling. I understood everyone was actually viewing me as well as evaluating me," he pointed out. "Luckily, although I wasn't decided on at that point, I got one more chance a few years later. It's a pretty magical spot.".Hague accomplished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st astronaut class. He was the 1st astronaut coming from that team to be designated to an objective, which released in October 2018 but was miscarried shortly after takeoff. His upcoming spaceflight occurred in 2019, when he signed up with 3 of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, as well as Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has actually created lots of minds at Johnson, however one that stands out is his adventure functioning onsite surrounded by the 2013 authorities shutdown. "I am actually active-duty army so I still concerned operate," he discussed. "I bear in mind being actually onsite and the center being actually entirely empty. Having the capacity to use around an unfilled school on the free-range bikes-- it was actually relaxed and surreal." It was likewise a sneak peek of what a lot of Johnson employees experienced in the course of the widespread as well as how NASA sustains round-the-clock support for spaceflight procedures despite mitigating scenarios.Hague currently expects another journey to reduced Earth track. NASA and also SpaceX representatives currently plan to release the Crew-9 objective no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The team will ascend coming from Introduce Intricate 40 from the Cape Canaveral Room Force Station in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft as well as Monster spacecraft.Hague and also Gorbonov will certainly become members of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will definitely join NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, and also will definitely spend about 6 months performing clinical research in microgravity as well as finishing a series of functional activities prior to coming back home.Additional details regarding the mission as well as crew could be found through complying with the Crew-9 blog site, @commercial_crew on X, or even commercial team on Facebook. You can easily additionally comply with @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.