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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Secured in Spacecraft

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 members secured inside Dragon spacecraft.

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are strapped in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft.  Hague and Gorbunov soon will go through another round of spacesuit pressurization and communication checks with NASA and SpaceX launch and mission teams.   In addition to the two crew members, the spacecraft will carry cargo, science experiments, and personal items …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Boards Spacecraft

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 members board SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are climbing into SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.   Just moments ago, the pair entered the White Room and continued the tradition of signing their names on the NASA meatball logo on the wall. Hague and Gorbunov …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Boards Spacecraft

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 members board SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are climbing into SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.   Just moments ago, the pair entered the White Room and continued the tradition of signing their names on the NASA meatball logo on the wall. Hague and Gorbunov …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Arrives at Launch Pad

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crewmembers arrive at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

    Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 are about two hours away from launch!  NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, arrived at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will launch them to the International Space Station.  Space …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Arrives at Launch Pad

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crewmembers arrive at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

    Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 are about two hours away from launch!  NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, arrived at Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft will launch them to the International Space Station.  Space …

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    Meet NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9

    Image shows NASA SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut Nick Hague

    Nick Hague became a NASA astronaut in 2013. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch today will be Hague’s third launch and second mission to the International Space Station. He has logged 203 days in space during Expeditions 59 and 60.  An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Space Force, Hague completed a developmental rotation with the Defense Department …

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    Meet NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9

    Image shows NASA SpaceX Crew-9 astronaut Nick Hague

    Nick Hague became a NASA astronaut in 2013. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch today will be Hague’s third launch and second mission to the International Space Station. He has logged 203 days in space during Expeditions 59 and 60.  An active-duty colonel in the U.S. Space Force, Hague completed a developmental rotation with the Defense Department …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Exits Crew Quarters, Heads to Launch Site

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

    The crew is on their way to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-40 to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. This is the first time a human spaceflight mission will launch from the pad.  NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, spent the …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Exits Crew Quarters, Heads to Launch Site

    Image shows NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

    The crew is on their way to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex-40 to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station. This is the first time a human spaceflight mission will launch from the pad.  NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, spent the …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Launch Day Milestones

    Image of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch operations are underway to send a NASA astronaut and Roscosmos cosmonaut to the International Space Station. Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station under the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.  Time                Event  (All times subject to change) 9:17 a.m.     …

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