.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Room Center in Houston carries a range of unique responsibilities and also privileges. Those consist of being actually the home of NASA's astronaut corps.One of those rocketeers-- Scar Hague-- is currently prepping to launch to the International Spaceport Station together with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth spinning objective under NASA's Business Crew Course. This will certainly be actually the 3rd launch and also 2nd mission to the spaceport station for Hague, who was actually selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 as well as has actually spent 203 times precede.Hague was birthed as well as increased in Kansas but has crisscrossed the country for university and also career. He gained levels coming from the United States Sky Force Institute in Colorado as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Innovation in Cambridge, as well as he participated in the U.S. Aviation service Exam Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Hague's army job has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and consisted of a five-month release to Iraq. Hague transferred from the Aviation service to the U.S. Area Interject 2020 after working as the Space Force's director of test and also assessment at the Pentagon.Familiar with brand new spots, Hague strongly recalls making his first journey to Johnson when he was actually questioning to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no tip what to anticipate, and also it was a little overwhelming. I knew everyone was seeing me and also determining me," he mentioned. "Luckily, although I had not been picked at that point, I received one more opportunity a couple of years eventually. It's a rather wonderful spot.".Hague completed his rocketeer training in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st astronaut training class. He was the very first astronaut coming from that group to become designated to a purpose, which released in Oct 2018 however was actually miscarried shortly after departure. His following spaceflight took place in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his friends-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, as well as Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has created many memories at Johnson, yet one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite amidst the 2013 federal government closure. "I am actually active-duty army so I still concerned operate," he clarified. "I remember being onsite as well as the facility being actually totally vacant. Being able to use around a vacant university on the free-range bikes-- it was actually calm and unique." It was also a sneak peek of what numerous Johnson workers experienced in the course of the pandemic and also how NASA keeps day-and-night support for spaceflight operations no matter extenuating situations.Hague now expects another trip to low Planet orbit. NASA as well as SpaceX representatives presently consider to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The team will definitely ascend coming from Launch Intricate 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Room Force Terminal in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Monster spacecraft.Hague and also Gorbonov are going to become members of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the station. They are going to sign up with NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will certainly invest concerning 6 months carrying out clinical research study in microgravity and also accomplishing a series of functional activities before returning home.More information concerning the mission and crew could be located by complying with the Crew-9 blog post, @commercial_crew on X, or even business crew on Facebook. You may likewise adhere to @astrohague on X and Instagram.