.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Facility in Houston carries a wide array of distinct accountabilities and also opportunities. Those feature being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Some of those astronauts-- Chip Hague-- is currently readying to launch to the International Spaceport Station along with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the ninth rotational goal under NASA's Commercial Staff System. This are going to be the third launch and second purpose to the space station for Hague, who was actually picked as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and has actually spent 203 days in space.Hague was actually birthed and raised in Kansas but has actually crisscrossed the nation for university and also career. He gained levels coming from the United States Sky Troop School in Colorado and the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, as well as he joined the united state Aviation service Exam Fly University at Edwards Aviation Service Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces job has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transferred from the Aviation service to the USA Area Force in 2020 after working as the Space Force's director of test and also evaluation at the Pentagon.No stranger to new locations, Hague clearly recollects producing his first vacation to Johnson when he was questioning to participate in NASA's rocketeer corps. "I possessed no concept what to anticipate, and it was actually a bit difficult. I recognized every person was enjoying me and determining me," he stated. "Thankfully, although I had not been decided on after that, I acquired another chance a handful of years later. It is actually a pretty enchanting area.".Hague completed his rocketeer instruction in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st rocketeer class. He was the first astronaut coming from that group to become delegated to a purpose, which launched in Oct 2018 but was actually aborted shortly after departure. His next spaceflight occurred in 2019, when he joined 3 of his classmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has made many minds at Johnson, however one that sticks out is his expertise functioning onsite amidst the 2013 government closure. "I'm active-duty military so I still involved work," he clarified. "I bear in mind being actually onsite and also the facility being actually totally empty. Having the ability to ride around a vacant university on the free-range bikes-- it was relaxed and surreal." It was actually likewise a preview of what a lot of Johnson staff members experienced during the astronomical and also how NASA sustains day-and-night support for spaceflight functions despite extenuating instances.Hague right now expects yet another trip to low Earth orbit. NASA and also SpaceX representatives presently organize to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The workers will take off coming from Introduce Intricate 40 coming from the Peninsula Canaveral Area Force Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and Monster space probe.Hague and also Gorbonov will enter of the Trip 72 crew aboard the station. They will sign up with NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and also are going to spend regarding 6 months conducting clinical study in microgravity and completing a variety of operational activities before returning home.Even more particulars about the purpose as well as staff may be found through following the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or office workers on Facebook. You may also follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.