U.S. Space Force Colonel Nick Hague will serve as the pilot on NASA’s Space X Crew-9 mission aboard the Dragon spacecraft that will take him and his crewmates to the International Space Station. [Courtesy: U.S. Space Force]
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U.S. Space Force Colonel Nick Hague will become the service's first astronaut, piloting NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Scheduled for no earlier than August, this will be Hague's second mission to the ISS, though his first representing the Space Force.
Hague highlighted the mission's focus on scientific research in microgravity and the essential support Space Force Guardians provide for human spaceflight.
The U.S. Space Force will soon have its first astronaut among its ranks.
Later this year, Space Force Colonel Nick Hague will pilot a NASA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission aboard the Dragon spacecraft, the service announced. The mission will be the ninth rotation admission at the space station under NASA’s commercial crew program.
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