NASA astronaut Nick Hague will lead the upcoming Crew Dragon mission alongside Roscosmos's Aleksandr Gorbunov, adapting to the spacecraft's role as a rescue vehicle.
Originally scheduled to include four astronauts, the Crew-9 mission has been reduced to two members due to safety concerns surrounding Boeing's Starliner.
Zena Cardman was initially set to command Crew-9, marking a historic moment for NASA as she would have been the first rookie without test pilot experience.
The shift to a two-person crew illustrates NASA's adaptability in response to safety challenges and highlights the agency's reliance on seasoned astronauts for critical missions.
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