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NASA Astronaut Nick Hague

Tyler “Nick” Hague was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013 and most recently served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 59 and 60. Hague is currently training for his second spaceflight, where he will serve as commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

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In 2021, Hague voluntarily transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Space Force.

In 2021, Hague voluntarily transferred from the United States Air Force to the United States Space Force.

Hague was the first astronaut from his class to be assigned to a mission which launched on October 11, 2018. Unfortunately, he and his crewmate Alexey Ovchinin, of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, were forced to abort the mission when a rocket booster experienced a malfunction shortly after the launch of their Soyuz MS-10. The aborted spacecraft landed safely.

Hague was the first astronaut from his class to be assigned to a mission which launched on October 11, 2018. Unfortunately, he and his crewmate Alexey Ovchinin, of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, were forced to abort the mission when a rocket booster experienced a malfunction shortly after the launch of their Soyuz MS-10. The aborted spacecraft landed safely.

The Kansas native earned a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1998, and a Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.

The Kansas native earned a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1998, and a Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.

(20 April 2018) Official NASA Astronaut Portrait in EMU – Expedition 57/58 Crew Member Nick Hague. (Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)

(18 April 2014) Astronaut Nick Hague prepares for a flight in a T-38 jet at Ellington Field as part of astronaut training. (Credit: NASA)

(8 August 2017) NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques train with their spacesuits for their upcoming mission in a mockup of the International Space Station’s Airlock at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. (Credit: NASA)

(22 March 2019) NASA astronaut Nick Hague is tethered to the International Space Station during a six-hour, 39-minute spacewalk to upgrade the orbital complex’s power storage capacity. (Credit: NASA)

(24 May 2019) NASA astronaut Nick Hague transfers research samples into a specialized science freezer located aboard the International Space Station. The ultra-cold freezers are nicknamed GLACIER, short for The General Laboratory Active Cryogenic International Space Station (ISS) Experiment Refrigerator, and store samples at temperatures as low as -160 °C (-301 °F). (Credit: NASA)

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NASA astronaut Nick Hague takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" 250 miles above Earth during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power storage capacity.

(22 March 2019) NASA astronaut Nick Hague takes an out-of-this-world “space-selfie” 250 miles above Earth during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power storage capacity. This was Hague’s and NASA astronaut Anne McClain’s (out of frame) first spacewalk. (Credit: NASA/Nick Hague)

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