.As the center of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Room Center in Houston holds a variety of one-of-a-kind tasks and also opportunities. Those consist of being actually the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.One of those astronauts-- Chip Hague-- is now preparing to introduce to the International Space Station in addition to Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the nine rotational purpose under NASA's Commercial Workers System. This are going to be actually the third launch and also second goal to the space station for Hague, who was picked as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually invested 203 days precede.Hague was born as well as raised in Kansas however has crisscrossed the nation for university as well as profession. He gained levels coming from the USA Air Troop School in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and he participated in the USA Flying force Examination Aviator College at Edwards Flying Force Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's military job has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and also Washington, D.C., and also included a five-month deployment to Iraq. Hague moved coming from the Flying force to the United State Space Force in 2020 after working as the Area Force's supervisor of examination and examination at the Pentagon.Familiar with brand-new areas, Hague vividly remembers making his 1st trip to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to join NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no idea what to anticipate, and also it was actually a little bit difficult. I knew every person was actually seeing me and also evaluating me," he said. "The good news is, although I wasn't chosen at that point, I received one more possibility a few years eventually. It's a pretty enchanting area.".Hague completed his astronaut instruction in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st rocketeer lesson. He was actually the very first rocketeer from that team to become designated to a mission, which launched in Oct 2018 however was actually aborted not long after takeoff. His next spaceflight took place in 2019, when he joined three of his classmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and also Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has created numerous moments at Johnson, yet one that stands out is his expertise functioning onsite in the middle of the 2013 federal government closure. "I'm active-duty army so I still involved function," he explained. "I remember being actually onsite and also the center being completely vacant. Managing to ride around an unfilled campus on the free-range bikes-- it was actually relaxed as well as surreal." It was actually likewise an examine of what lots of Johnson staff members experienced during the course of the global and just how NASA sustains continuous help for spaceflight procedures despite extenuating instances.Hague right now looks ahead to yet another experience to low Planet orbit. NASA and SpaceX representatives presently prepare to release the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The staff will definitely ascend coming from Launch Intricate 40 coming from the Peninsula Canaveral Room Force Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft as well as Monster spacecraft.Hague and Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Exploration 72 team aboard the station. They are going to sign up with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, as well as are going to spend regarding six months administering scientific study in microgravity and also accomplishing a series of functional activities just before returning home.Even more information regarding the purpose and also staff could be located through observing the Crew-9 blog, @commercial_crew on X, or business crew on Facebook. You may likewise adhere to @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.