.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston carries a variety of distinct duties and also opportunities. Those include being the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Among those rocketeers-- Scar Hague-- is currently preparing to release to the International Spaceport Station alongside Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational objective under NASA's Office Crew Plan. This are going to be actually the 3rd launch and 2nd goal to the spaceport station for Hague, that was actually selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and also has invested 203 times in space.Hague was born and also raised in Kansas but has actually crisscrossed the country for university and occupation. He got degrees coming from the United States Sky Force Institute in Colorado and the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and also he joined the united state Flying force Exam Pilot University at Edwards Aviation Service Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's military career has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague moved from the Aviation service to the United State Room Interject 2020 after acting as the Area Force's supervisor of test and analysis at the Government.Familiar with brand-new places, Hague strongly recollects creating his first trip to Johnson when he was actually speaking with to participate in NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no concept what to anticipate, and also it was actually a bit difficult. I knew everyone was actually enjoying me and also determining me," he mentioned. "Fortunately, despite the fact that I wasn't selected after that, I acquired one more opportunity a few years later. It is actually a quite wonderful place.".Hague completed his astronaut instruction in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st astronaut course. He was the very first rocketeer from that team to become assigned to a goal, which launched in Oct 2018 yet was actually miscarried shortly after launch. His upcoming spaceflight took place in 2019, when he joined 3 of his friends-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has actually made lots of memories at Johnson, however one that sticks out is his knowledge functioning onsite amidst the 2013 government cessation. "I am actually active-duty military so I still related to work," he detailed. "I keep in mind being onsite and the facility being entirely vacant. Having the ability to ride around an empty school on the free-range bikes-- it was calm and unique." It was also a sneak peek of what many Johnson workers experienced during the course of the global and also exactly how NASA sustains round-the-clock support for spaceflight operations irrespective of mitigating scenarios.Hague currently expects yet another trip to reduced The planet track. NASA as well as SpaceX representatives currently consider to introduce the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The workers will certainly take off from Launch Intricate 40 from the Cape Canaveral Area Force Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as well as Monster space probe.Hague and Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 staff aboard the terminal. They are going to sign up with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, and also are going to devote concerning 6 months carrying out scientific study in microgravity and also accomplishing a range of working tasks prior to returning home.Additional particulars about the purpose and team could be found through observing the Crew-9 blog, @commercial_crew on X, or even commercial team on Facebook. You can easily additionally follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.