.As the hub of individual spaceflight, NASA's Johnson Room Facility in Houston holds a wide array of distinct duties and privileges. Those include being the home of NASA's astronaut corps.Among those rocketeers-- Chip Hague-- is right now preparing to launch to the International Spaceport Station together with Roscosmos astronaut Aleksandr Gorbunov on the nine rotational goal under NASA's Office Crew System. This will certainly be the 3rd launch and also 2nd objective to the space station for Hague, that was actually chosen as a NASA rocketeer in 2013 and has actually devoted 203 days precede.Hague was actually born as well as raised in Kansas but has crisscrossed the nation for college and profession. He gained degrees coming from the United States Air Troop Institute in Colorado and also the Massachusetts Principle of Innovation in Cambridge, and he attended the U.S. Aviation service Examination Captain School at Edwards Flying Force Foundation in The Golden State. Hague's military career has taken him to New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., as well as included a five-month deployment to Iraq. Hague moved from the Aviation service to the U.S. Space Force in 2020 after serving as the Area Pressure's supervisor of test and examination at the Government.No stranger to new areas, Hague clearly recalls producing his very first excursion to Johnson when he was actually questioning to participate in NASA's rocketeer corps. "I had no tip what to expect, and also it was actually a little bit frustrating. I knew everyone was enjoying me and evaluating me," he claimed. "Thankfully, even though I wasn't picked at that point, I got one more opportunity a couple of years eventually. It's a fairly magical location.".Hague finished his rocketeer training in July 2015 as aspect of NASA's 21st rocketeer class. He was the first rocketeer from that team to be designated to a mission, which introduced in Oct 2018 but was miscarried soon after departure. His upcoming spaceflight developed in 2019, when he participated in 3 of his schoolmates-- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Christina Koch, and Andrew Morgan-- aboard the International Space Station for Expeditions 59 and 60.Hague has created many minds at Johnson, however one that stands apart is his adventure operating onsite surrounded by the 2013 government shutdown. "I'm active-duty army so I still involved function," he discussed. "I bear in mind being actually onsite and the center being fully empty. Managing to ride around a vacant school on the free-range bikes-- it was actually relaxed and unique." It was actually likewise a sneak peek of what a lot of Johnson employees experienced during the pandemic as well as just how NASA keeps day-and-night support for spaceflight operations irrespective of extenuating conditions.Hague right now looks ahead to one more experience to reduced The planet track. NASA and also SpaceX representatives currently prepare to launch the Crew-9 purpose no earlier than Wednesday, Sept. 25. The staff is going to ascend coming from Launch Complex 40 from the Cape Canaveral Area Force Terminal in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and also Dragon space capsule.Hague and also Gorbonov will definitely become members of the Expedition 72 team aboard the station. They will certainly join NASA rocketeers Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, as well as Don Pettit, and also Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, as well as will definitely invest regarding six months administering clinical research study in microgravity and accomplishing a series of operational activities before coming back home.More information about the objective and workers may be found through observing the Crew-9 blog, @commercial_crew on X, or industrial staff on Facebook. You can also follow @astrohague on X as well as Instagram.