.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston contains a range of unique accountabilities and advantages. Those include being actually the home of NASA's astronaut corps.One of those astronauts-- Scar Hague-- is actually currently prepping to introduce to the International Space Station in addition to Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational mission under NASA's Industrial Workers Course. This are going to be actually the 3rd launch and second objective to the space station for Hague, that was decided on as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and has devoted 203 days in space.Hague was born and also elevated in Kansas but has actually crisscrossed the nation for university and also profession. He made degrees coming from the USA Air Troop Institute in Colorado and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, as well as he went to the USA Flying force Examination Aviator University at Edwards Air Force Base in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces occupation has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., as well as consisted of a five-month deployment to Iraq. Hague transmitted coming from the Flying force to the USA Area Force in 2020 after working as the Area Force's supervisor of exam and evaluation at the Government.Familiar with brand-new areas, Hague clearly recollects creating his 1st trip to Johnson when he was questioning to join NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no tip what to anticipate, and it was actually a little difficult. I knew every person was watching me and determining me," he mentioned. "The good news is, although I wasn't picked at that point, I acquired an additional opportunity a few years later. It is actually a pretty wonderful spot.".Hague completed his astronaut training in July 2015 as component of NASA's 21st astronaut lesson. He was actually the very first rocketeer coming from that team to become designated to a goal, which released in Oct 2018 yet was aborted not long after takeoff. His next spaceflight took place in 2019, when he signed up with 3 of his classmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, as well as Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and 60.Hague has actually made many moments at Johnson, yet one that stands out is his knowledge functioning onsite in the middle of the 2013 authorities cessation. "I'm active-duty armed forces so I still concerned operate," he revealed. "I remember being actually onsite as well as the center being actually completely vacant. Having the ability to ride around an unfilled university on the free-range bikes-- it was serene and unique." It was actually additionally a sneak peek of what lots of Johnson employees experienced throughout the widespread as well as exactly how NASA keeps round-the-clock help for spaceflight procedures irrespective of mitigating situations.Hague now looks ahead to an additional quest to reduced Planet orbit. NASA and also SpaceX authorities presently prepare to release the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The team is going to ascend from Introduce Intricate 40 coming from the Peninsula Canaveral Area Force Station in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and also Monster space capsule.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Exploration 72 crew aboard the station. They will definitely sign up with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, as well as will certainly devote about six months administering clinical research study in microgravity and accomplishing a stable of functional activities before coming back home.More particulars regarding the goal and also team can be discovered through following the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or even commercial crew on Facebook. You can easily also comply with @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.