.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Facility in Houston contains an assortment of distinct accountabilities and advantages. Those include being the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Among those rocketeers-- Nick Hague-- is actually currently preparing to release to the International Space Station together with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth spinning objective under NASA's Business Team System. This are going to be the 3rd launch and second purpose to the spaceport station for Hague, that was actually selected as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and also has actually devoted 203 days in space.Hague was actually birthed and also raised in Kansas however has crisscrossed the country for university and profession. He made levels from the USA Air Troop Institute in Colorado and the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and he joined the united state Flying force Examination Pilot University at Edwards Aviation Service Bottom in The Golden State. Hague's military profession 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 coming from the Flying force to the USA Area Interject 2020 after working as the Space Force's director of exam and also analysis at the Government.No stranger to brand-new areas, Hague strongly remembers producing his first travel to Johnson when he was interviewing to participate in NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no idea what to count on, and it was a little bit frustrating. I recognized every person was viewing me as well as determining me," he pointed out. "Thankfully, even though I wasn't picked after that, I got an additional chance a couple of years later on. It's a rather magical location.".Hague completed his astronaut training in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st rocketeer class. He was the very first astronaut from that team to be delegated to a purpose, which introduced in October 2018 but was actually miscarried shortly after departure. His following spaceflight occurred in 2019, when he signed up with three of his schoolmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and 60.Hague has actually created several minds at Johnson, however one that stands apart is his knowledge working onsite amidst the 2013 government shutdown. "I'm active-duty army so I still pertained to function," he revealed. "I always remember being onsite and the center being fully vacant. Having the capacity to ride around a vacant university on the free-range bikes-- it was actually serene and also unique." It was likewise an examine of what numerous Johnson employees experienced throughout the astronomical and just how NASA maintains nonstop support for spaceflight operations no matter extenuating situations.Hague now expects yet another quest to low Earth track. NASA and also SpaceX representatives presently organize to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The team is going to lift off from Launch Intricate 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Room Force Station in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Monster spacecraft.Hague as well as Gorbonov will enter of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the station. They will definitely join NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will spend regarding 6 months conducting scientific research study in microgravity and also accomplishing a series of working activities before returning home.More information concerning the goal and team can be found through complying with the Crew-9 blog post, @commercial_crew on X, or office workers on Facebook. You may likewise adhere to @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.