.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston holds a variety of one-of-a-kind accountabilities and privileges. Those include being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Some of those astronauts-- Nick Hague-- is actually right now prepping to launch to the International Spaceport Station together with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th spinning goal under NASA's Office Crew Plan. This will be actually the third launch as well as 2nd purpose to the spaceport station for Hague, that was actually picked as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually spent 203 times precede.Hague was actually birthed and also increased in Kansas but has actually crisscrossed the nation for university and profession. He made degrees coming from the United States Air Troop School in Colorado as well as the Massachusetts Principle of Technology in Cambridge, and also he went to the U.S. Aviation service Exam Pilot University at Edwards Aviation Service Base in The Golden State. Hague's army career has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., and also consisted of a five-month release to Iraq. Hague transferred from the Air Force to the United State Room Force in 2020 after serving as the Space Pressure's supervisor of test and examination at the Government.Familiar with brand new locations, Hague strongly recollects making his initial travel to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to sign up with NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no concept what to count on, and it was a bit frustrating. I recognized every person was actually viewing me as well as evaluating me," he said. "The good news is, although I wasn't selected after that, I acquired one more opportunity a handful of years eventually. It's a quite enchanting place.".Hague accomplished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer course. He was actually the initial astronaut from that group to become designated to a goal, which introduced in Oct 2018 however was actually aborted quickly after takeoff. His upcoming spaceflight occurred in 2019, when he joined 3 of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has actually created many minds at Johnson, however one that attracts attention is his experience functioning onsite amidst the 2013 authorities shutdown. "I am actually active-duty military so I still involved operate," he clarified. "I always remember being onsite and also the facility being fully empty. Having the capacity to use around an unfilled campus on the free-range bikes-- it was actually calm and also surreal." It was additionally a preview of what many Johnson workers experienced throughout the widespread as well as exactly how NASA maintains continuous support for spaceflight functions despite mitigating conditions.Hague now looks ahead to yet another quest to low Earth orbit. NASA and SpaceX authorities currently consider to release the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The staff will take off from Introduce Intricate 40 coming from the Peninsula Canaveral Area Troop Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and Dragon spacecraft.Hague as well as Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will certainly participate in NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, and will spend about 6 months performing medical research in microgravity and also completing a variety of working tasks before returning home.Even more details about the goal and also staff may be located by following the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or industrial team on Facebook. You may likewise adhere to @astrohague on X and Instagram.