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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 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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    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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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Members Suit Up

    Image shows NASA Crew-9 crewmembers suiting up for their launch to the International Space Station on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

    NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are in the process of suit-up operations in the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building in Florida.  The crew are sitting in seats configured like the ones they will occupy inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft during launch. …

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    NASA+ Crew-9 Launch Coverage Begins

    Image of countdown clock on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Launch to the International Space Station

    NASA’s live coverage is underway on NASA+ and the agency’s website for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station.  At 1:17 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will begin their journey to the space station aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission on Track for Saturday Launch

    Image of NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference for the NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 two-man crew is ready for their mission to the International Space Station. NASA and mission partners held a prelaunch news conference on Sept. 27 and the 1:17 p.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 28, liftoff remains on schedule from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Launch weather officers with …

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    NASA, SpaceX to Discuss Crew-9 Mission

    Image shows SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

    In less than 24 hours, Crew-9 crew members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, will launch to the International Space Station. Leading up to liftoff, NASA and SpaceX plan to host a prelaunch news conference from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 …

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