{"id":21642,"date":"2024-07-25T01:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/heres-who-will-be-flying-to-space-on-spacex-crew-9\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T01:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:13:15","slug":"heres-who-will-be-flying-to-space-on-spacex-crew-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/heres-who-will-be-flying-to-space-on-spacex-crew-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s who will be flying to space on SpaceX Crew-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"41093\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2024\/07\/24\/heres-who-will-be-flying-to-space-on-spacex-crew-9\/nasa-spacex-crew-9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/07\/NASA-SpaceX-Crew-9.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next month SpaceX is planning to launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. In case you forgot, here\u2019s a quick recap of who\u2019s going to be on top of that Falcon 9 rocket come liftoff.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-41085\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX\u2019s Crew-9 mission will be its 9th (hence the name) operational crewed flight under NASA, tenth overall for the agency, and 13th overall. The mission will delivery four new crew members to the ISS for a six month stay on the station to conduct more research, maintenance, and some upgrades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission will also relieve the four crew members that flew up on Crew-8 back in March. Crew-9 will consist of three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut as part of a seat exchange between SpaceX Dragon and Soyuz spacecraft.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-commander-zena-cardman-nasa\">Commander \u2013 Zena Cardman, NASA<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selected back in 2017 at the age of 29, Cardman previously worked at NASA\u2019s Pavilion Lake Research Project and the Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains program (a project researching living on Mars). She is one of many talented astronauts that have zero military experience and are solely research and engineering focused. Cardman also joins a list of young astronauts to take command of a Dragon spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-41085',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also for those wondering, Cardman will be the fourth \u201cTurtle\u201d from NASA Group 22 in a row to fly to space. This will be Cardman\u2019s first launch to space.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pilot-nick-hague-nasa\">Pilot \u2013 Nick Hague, NASA<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Space Force Colonel Nick Hague will become the first Guardian to launch to space since the branch\u2019s creation in 2020. While he won\u2019t be the first Guardian in space, that honor went to Colonel Michael Hopkins who transferred while on station on Crew-1, he is the first to launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Hague was selected to become a NASA astronaut in 2013, he spent most of his time as a test pilot and teacher for the Air Force, When transferred to the Space Force in 2020, he was the branch\u2019s director of test and evaluation at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Hague\u2019s third mission to space.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-specialist-stephanie-wilson-nasa\">Specialist \u2013 Stephanie Wilson, NASA<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also coming from an engineering and research background, Wilson is also the most experienced astronaut of the crew. Wilson was selected by NASA in 1996 after working at Martin Marietta on the Titan IV rocket and on the Galileo spacecraft at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Wilson\u2019s fourth flight to space \u2013 the first three were all on NASA\u2019s Space Shuttle, STS-121, -120, and -131.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-specialist-alekandr-gorbunov-roscosmos\">Specialist \u2013 Alekandr Gorbunov, Roscosmos<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining the crew from Russia, Gorbunov was an aircraft technician and engineer for the Russian Air Force, serving as a reserve lieutenant before joining the Cosmonaut corp. He also worked as RSC Energia, originally known as OKB-1 or Special Design Bureau 1. Ran by Sergei Korolev during the Space Race, it was the brains behind the rocket family used for Russia\u2019s early and current space program, the R7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Gorbunov\u2019s first flight to space.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spacex-awaits-faa-approval-to-return-to-flight\">SpaceX awaits FAA approval to return to flight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Crew-9 can launch, SpaceX has to get the okay from the FAA to resume flights after its second stage suffered a oxygen leak and failure during a Starlink launch a couple weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently SpaceX has two Starlink missions slated for launch this week, however no work yet on if the FAA has given the okay for those missions to fly. NASA has been observing the mishap investigation lead by SpaceX and the FAA as it is a major customer of the rocket and needs it operational for Crew-9 and future crewed, cargo, and scientific missions in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if the FAA green lights the Falcon 9 for flight, SpaceX will likely want a few Starlink missions under its belt before returning to human spaceflight. Even if these mission profiles don\u2019t use the second burn of the Falcon 9\u2019s second stage, which is where the failure took place, the need for the highest level safety can\u2019t be pushed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month SpaceX is planning to launch the next crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. In case you forgot, here\u2019s a quick recap of who\u2019s going to be on top of that Falcon 9 rocket come liftoff. 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