.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston holds a variety of special duties as well as opportunities. Those consist of being the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.One of those astronauts-- Chip Hague-- is actually now prepping to introduce to the International Space Station together with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th rotational objective under NASA's Commercial Team System. This will be the third launch and also 2nd purpose to the space station for Hague, that was chosen as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and has actually spent 203 days precede.Hague was actually birthed and elevated in Kansas however has actually crisscrossed the nation for college and also career. He gained degrees from the USA Air Troop Institute in Colorado as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and also he went to the U.S. Aviation service Exam Pilot University at Edwards Flying Force Bottom in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces job has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., as well as consisted of a five-month release to Iraq. Hague transferred coming from the Air Force to the United State Area Force in 2020 after serving as the Room Pressure's supervisor of examination and also assessment at the Pentagon.Familiar with brand new areas, Hague vividly recalls creating his 1st vacation to Johnson when he was speaking with to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I possessed no idea what to anticipate, and also it was a little difficult. I understood everybody was enjoying me as well as judging me," he claimed. "Thankfully, despite the fact that I had not been decided on then, I acquired another opportunity a couple of years eventually. It's a pretty magical area.".Hague accomplished his astronaut instruction in July 2015 as component of NASA's 21st astronaut class. He was the 1st astronaut from that group to be appointed to a goal, which launched in Oct 2018 yet was actually miscarried shortly after launch. His upcoming spaceflight took place in 2019, when he participated in three of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has brought in lots of minds at Johnson, however one that stands out is his knowledge working onsite surrounded by the 2013 authorities cessation. "I am actually active-duty armed forces so I still pertained to function," he revealed. "I bear in mind being onsite and the center being totally unfilled. Having the capacity to use around an unfilled school on the free-range bikes-- it was peaceful and unique." It was also a preview of what several Johnson staff members experienced throughout the global as well as just how NASA maintains continuous assistance for spaceflight operations irrespective of mitigating instances.Hague right now looks ahead to yet another journey to low Planet track. NASA and also SpaceX authorities presently prepare to release the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The staff is going to ascend from Introduce Intricate 40 from the Cape Canaveral Area Force Station in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon space capsule.Hague as well as Gorbonov will definitely enter of the Trip 72 staff aboard the station. They are going to participate in NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, and also are going to devote concerning 6 months administering scientific analysis in microgravity and also completing a range of functional tasks before coming back home.Even more details concerning the mission and crew may be located by adhering to the Crew-9 blog post, @commercial_crew on X, or business staff on Facebook. You can also observe @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.