.As the center of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Room Center in Houston carries a selection of unique duties and also benefits. Those consist of being actually the home of NASA's astronaut corps.One of those rocketeers-- Nick Hague-- is actually right now preparing to launch to the International Spaceport Station in addition to Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th rotational goal under NASA's Commercial Team Course. This are going to be actually the third launch as well as second objective to the space station for Hague, that was actually selected as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has devoted 203 days in space.Hague was birthed as well as increased in Kansas but has crisscrossed the country for university and occupation. He gained levels from the United States Sky Force School in Colorado and the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and also he joined the united state Flying force Test Fly University at Edwards Air Force Base in The Golden State. Hague's military occupation has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., as well as featured a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transmitted coming from the Air Force to the USA Space Force in 2020 after functioning as the Area Power's director of test and evaluation at the Pentagon.No stranger to brand-new areas, Hague vividly recalls producing his 1st vacation to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to participate in NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no concept what to count on, as well as it was actually a little bit frustrating. I knew everybody was actually watching me and judging me," he claimed. "The good news is, although I wasn't picked then, I acquired yet another chance a handful of years eventually. It is actually a quite enchanting spot.".Hague finished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st rocketeer training class. He was actually the initial astronaut from that group to become appointed to a goal, which released in Oct 2018 but was miscarried soon after launch. His upcoming spaceflight took place in 2019, when he signed up with three of his friends-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and also 60.Hague has actually made many moments at Johnson, however one that sticks out is his knowledge working onsite amid the 2013 government closure. "I'm active-duty military so I still pertained to work," he described. "I always remember being actually onsite and the facility being completely vacant. Being able to use around an empty grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was tranquil as well as surreal." It was actually additionally a preview of what numerous Johnson staff members experienced during the astronomical and also just how NASA maintains nonstop help for spaceflight procedures irrespective of extenuating scenarios.Hague right now looks ahead to yet another adventure to low Planet track. NASA and SpaceX officials presently organize to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The team is going to take off from Introduce Complicated 40 coming from the Cape Canaveral Room Force Terminal in Fla aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft and also Dragon spacecraft.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Exploration 72 team aboard the terminal. They are going to join NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and Don Pettit, and Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and also are going to spend regarding 6 months carrying out medical research in microgravity and finishing a variety of working tasks prior to coming back home.Even more particulars about the mission and workers may be discovered by complying with the Crew-9 blog site, @commercial_crew on X, or office crew on Facebook. You can also observe @astrohague on X and also Instagram.