.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston contains a selection of one-of-a-kind duties and benefits. Those include being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Among those rocketeers-- Chip Hague-- is actually right now preparing to introduce to the International Space Station in addition to Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational mission under NASA's Commercial Staff Course. This will be actually the third launch and also second purpose to the space station for Hague, who was decided on as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and also has actually invested 203 days precede.Hague was born as well as increased in Kansas yet has crisscrossed the nation for university as well as profession. He earned degrees coming from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, as well as he went to the united state Air Force Test Aviator College at Edwards Flying Force Base in California. Hague's armed forces job has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also consisted of a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted from the Aviation service to the USA Area Interject 2020 after working as the Area Power's supervisor of exam and assessment at the Government.Familiar with brand-new areas, Hague clearly recollects creating his 1st trip to Johnson when he was interviewing to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I possessed no concept what to count on, as well as it was actually a bit difficult. I understood every person was viewing me as well as evaluating me," he stated. "Thankfully, although I had not been chosen at that point, I got one more opportunity a handful of years later. It is actually a pretty wonderful spot.".Hague completed his astronaut instruction in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer training class. He was actually the 1st astronaut from that team to be designated to a goal, which introduced in October 2018 however was actually miscarried soon after launch. His next spaceflight developed in 2019, when he joined three of his classmates-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has made many moments at Johnson, yet one that stands out is his adventure operating onsite amidst the 2013 government shutdown. "I'm active-duty military so I still pertained to work," he revealed. "I keep in mind being onsite and also the center being entirely empty. Being able to use around an unfilled school on the free-range bikes-- it was peaceful and surreal." It was actually also a sneak peek of what several Johnson workers experienced during the global as well as just how NASA sustains continuous assistance for spaceflight functions irrespective of mitigating scenarios.Hague now expects yet another adventure to reduced The planet track. NASA and also SpaceX authorities presently consider to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The staff will take off coming from Release Complicated 40 coming from the Peninsula Canaveral Area Force Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and also Dragon space capsule.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Trip 72 crew aboard the terminal. They will participate in NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, and also will certainly devote about six months conducting clinical research in microgravity as well as accomplishing a variety of working tasks before returning home.Additional details concerning the goal as well as crew could be discovered through complying with the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or office crew on Facebook. You can additionally comply with @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.