.As the hub of human spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Area Center in Houston carries a range of special responsibilities and opportunities. Those include being the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.One of those rocketeers-- Chip Hague-- is right now prepping to introduce to the International Spaceport Station in addition to Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the nine rotational purpose under NASA's Industrial Staff Program. This are going to be the 3rd launch and second goal to the space station for Hague, who was chosen as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 as well as has spent 203 times in space.Hague was born as well as elevated in Kansas yet has actually crisscrossed the country for university and also career. He made levels from the USA Air Force Institute in Colorado as well as the Massachusetts Principle of Modern Technology in Cambridge, and also he joined the U.S. Air Force Test Fly School at Edwards Air Force Bottom in The Golden State. Hague's armed forces career has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and also consisted of a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague moved from the Air Force to the USA Space Force in 2020 after acting as the Space Force's supervisor of exam as well as analysis at the Pentagon.No stranger to brand new areas, Hague vividly recollects producing his first journey to Johnson when he was interviewing to participate in NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no concept what to count on, and it was a little mind-boggling. I understood everyone was enjoying me and also evaluating me," he mentioned. "The good news is, despite the fact that I had not been chosen at that point, I obtained an additional opportunity a handful of years later. It's a rather wonderful place.".Hague completed his rocketeer instruction in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer class. He was actually the very first astronaut coming from that group to become appointed to a mission, which launched in Oct 2018 but was actually miscarried not long after departure. His next spaceflight happened in 2019, when he signed up with 3 of his classmates-- NASA rocketeers Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has made many memories at Johnson, yet one that attracts attention is his expertise operating onsite among the 2013 authorities cessation. "I'm active-duty armed forces so I still concerned operate," he explained. "I bear in mind being onsite and the center being actually entirely unfilled. Having the ability to ride around an empty school on the free-range bikes-- it was tranquil as well as surreal." It was additionally a sneak peek of what many Johnson staff members experienced throughout the astronomical and also how NASA maintains round-the-clock assistance for spaceflight procedures irrespective of extenuating situations.Hague right now looks ahead to an additional quest to low Planet track. NASA as well as SpaceX authorities currently prepare to release the Crew-9 goal no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew is going to lift off from Introduce Complicated 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Room Troop Station in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and also Monster space capsule.Hague and also Gorbonov will become members of the Trip 72 staff aboard the station. They will definitely sign up with NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and will certainly devote concerning 6 months performing medical analysis in microgravity and finishing a range of working activities prior to returning home.More particulars concerning the objective and also staff could be located through adhering to the Crew-9 blogging site, @commercial_crew on X, or even commercial staff on Facebook. You can additionally adhere to @astrohague on X and also Instagram.