.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston accommodates a wide array of one-of-a-kind obligations and advantages. Those feature being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Some of those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is actually right now prepping to release to the International Spaceport Station alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth spinning objective under NASA's Industrial Crew Course. This will be the third launch as well as 2nd purpose to the space station for Hague, that was picked as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and also has devoted 203 times in space.Hague was born and also raised in Kansas however has crisscrossed the nation for university and profession. He earned degrees coming from the USA Sky Force Academy in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and he went to the USA Flying force Exam Fly Institution at Edwards Air Force Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's army job has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., as well as featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted coming from the Flying force to the USA Space Force in 2020 after functioning as the Area Force's supervisor of test as well as evaluation at the Pentagon.Familiar with brand-new spots, Hague clearly remembers producing his 1st vacation to Johnson when he was actually questioning to sign up with NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no concept what to expect, and also it was actually a bit frustrating. I understood everyone was actually watching me and determining me," he mentioned. "Fortunately, despite the fact that I wasn't chosen at that point, I got another chance a handful of years eventually. It's a pretty wonderful area.".Hague completed his rocketeer instruction in July 2015 as component of NASA's 21st astronaut lesson. He was actually the 1st astronaut from that team to become delegated to a mission, which released in Oct 2018 but was aborted quickly after takeoff. His upcoming spaceflight happened in 2019, when he joined 3 of his classmates-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, as well as Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has made numerous moments at Johnson, but one that stands apart is his knowledge functioning onsite among the 2013 authorities closure. "I'm active-duty armed forces so I still involved function," he explained. "I remember being actually onsite and the center being actually entirely vacant. Having the capacity to ride around a vacant grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was relaxed and also unique." It was likewise a preview of what several Johnson employees experienced during the pandemic and also how NASA keeps day-and-night assistance for spaceflight operations irrespective of mitigating instances.Hague currently expects another experience to reduced Planet track. NASA and SpaceX officials currently prepare to launch the Crew-9 objective no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew will ascend coming from Launch Complex 40 coming from the Cape Canaveral Room Troop Terminal in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as well as Dragon space probe.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Expedition 72 crew aboard the station. They will certainly participate in NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will definitely invest regarding six months administering scientific research study in microgravity as well as accomplishing a variety of working tasks prior to coming back home.More particulars about the goal and workers can be located by observing the Crew-9 blogging site, @commercial_crew on X, or even business staff on Facebook. You may also comply with @astrohague on X and also Instagram.