Upcoming NASA SpaceX Crew 9 Mission 2024

As part of the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission, four crew members are preparing to launch to the International Space Station and conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities for the benefit of all.

Continues this mission with NASA SpaceX, and NASA is going to use the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket, so if you are interested in the Falcon-9 rocket, you can read more about it.

brief about the NASA SpaceX crew 9 mission, Astronaut

Zena cardman

NASA selected Zena Cardman as a member of the 2017 “Turtles” Astronaut Class. The Virginia native holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Marine Sciences from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research focused primarily on geobiology and geochemical cycling in subsurface environments.

Experience

At the University of North Carolina, Cardman studied microbial systems in hydrocarbon seeps, hydrothermal vents, and the Arctic. During that time, she also worked with the Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research group in Antarctica, analyzing ecosystem changes as part of a multi-decadal study.
Cardman has experience with NASA-supported research in British Columbia, the Canadian high Arctic, Idaho, and Hawaii, helping to develop operational architectures for science-driven planetary EVA.

Nick Hague

Col. Tyler N. Hague was selected by NASA as an astronaut in 2013. 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. Selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2013.

Experience

Hague was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in May 1998. In August 2000, he was assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he worked on advanced spacecraft technologies.

In 2003, he attended the flight test engineering course at the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Following graduation in 2004, he worked at the 416th Flight Test Squadron, testing F-16, F-15, and T-38 aircraft.
In late 2004, he deployed for five months to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, conducting experimental airborne reconnaissance.

Stephanie Wilson

Stephanie D. Wilson is a veteran of three spaceflights, STS-121 in 2006, STS-120 in 2007, and STS-131 in 2010, and has logged more than 42 days in space.
Born in Boston, she attended high school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, earned her Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science from Harvard University in 1988, and earned her Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in 1992 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Experience

After graduating from Harvard in 1988, Wilson worked for two years for the former Martin Marietta Astronautics Group in Denver, Colorado. As a loads and dynamics engineer for Titan IV, Wilson was responsible for performing coupled load analyses for the launch vehicle and payloads during flight events.

Alexander Gorbunov

Alexander Gorbunov (Александр Владимирович Горбунов; born May 24, 1990) is a Russian cosmonaut who is planning to fly on the NASA SpaceX Crew 9 mission in September 2024.
Before joining the cosmonaut corps, he served as a Lieutenant of the Air Force of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. He also worked as a 1st category design engineer of transport cargo aircraft of RSC Energia named after Sergei Korolev.

Take a look at a brief note about the mission

The Crew-9 mission, targeted to launch in mid-August, will carry NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson, and cosmonaut Alexsandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos to the orbiting laboratory. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the company’s ninth crew rotation mission for NASA.

Media accreditation is now open for the launch of NASA’s ninth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Launch of the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission is targeted for no earlier than mid-August from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pending completion of the company’s ongoing Falcon 9 investigation. Crew safety and mission assurance are top priorities for NASA and its partners.

The launch will carry NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, commander; Nick Hague, pilot; and Stephanie Wilson, mission specialist; along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, mission specialist.
This is the first spaceflight for Cardman and Gorbunov, the second mission to the orbiting laboratory for Hague, and the fourth spaceflight for Wilson, who has spent 42 days in space aboard three space shuttle Discovery missions – STS-120, STS-121, and STS-131.

NASA SpaceX officials announced during a news conference Friday their plan to launch the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 18.

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