.As the center of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston holds a selection of one-of-a-kind duties and also benefits. Those consist of being the home of NASA's rocketeer corps.Among those rocketeers-- Scar Hague-- is actually currently readying to introduce to the International Spaceport Station together with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the 9th spinning goal under NASA's Industrial Workers Program. This will definitely be the third launch as well as second purpose to the spaceport station for Hague, that was actually chosen as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and also has actually spent 203 times in space.Hague was birthed and also increased in Kansas however has crisscrossed the nation for university and also profession. He made levels from the United States Air Troop School in Colorado and the Massachusetts Principle of Modern Technology in Cambridge, and also he went to the U.S. Air Force Examination Fly College at Edwards Aviation Service Bottom in California. Hague's army job has actually taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and consisted of a five-month implementation to Iraq. Hague transferred from the Flying force to the U.S. Space Force in 2020 after acting as the Space Power's director of examination and also examination at the Pentagon.No stranger to brand new spots, Hague vividly recollects creating his first trip to Johnson when he was actually interviewing to sign up with NASA's astronaut corps. "I had no idea what to anticipate, and also it was actually a little frustrating. I knew everyone was viewing me as well as evaluating me," he mentioned. "The good news is, despite the fact that I wasn't picked at that point, I received another odds a couple of years later on. It is actually a rather magical spot.".Hague accomplished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as portion of NASA's 21st astronaut lesson. He was actually the initial rocketeer coming from that group to be designated to a mission, which introduced in Oct 2018 however was aborted not long after takeoff. His next spaceflight took place in 2019, when he participated in three of his schoolmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Spaceport Station for Expeditions 59 as well as 60.Hague has actually brought in lots of memories at Johnson, but one that stands out is his adventure working onsite surrounded by the 2013 federal government cessation. "I'm active-duty army so I still concerned work," he described. "I keep in mind being actually onsite and the center being actually totally empty. Being able to use around an empty grounds on the free-range bikes-- it was serene and surreal." It was additionally an examine of what lots of Johnson employees experienced throughout the astronomical and also how NASA keeps nonstop help for spaceflight procedures irrespective of mitigating situations.Hague now looks ahead to one more journey to low The planet track. NASA as well as SpaceX officials presently prepare to introduce the Crew-9 objective no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The crew will ascend from Launch Complex 40 from the Peninsula Canaveral Area Troop Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 spacecraft as well as Monster space probe.Hague and Gorbonov will certainly enter of the Exploration 72 workers aboard the terminal. They will definitely participate in NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, and also Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, and also will devote about six months administering scientific investigation in microgravity and completing a variety of operational activities before returning home.Even more particulars concerning the mission and also team may be found by adhering to the Crew-9 weblog, @commercial_crew on X, or commercial staff on Facebook. You can also observe @astrohague on X and Instagram.