{"id":24405,"date":"2024-02-01T22:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/01\/guardians-nasa-mission-lands-a-first-for-space-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:17:23","slug":"guardians-nasa-mission-lands-a-first-for-space-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2024\/02\/01\/guardians-nasa-mission-lands-a-first-for-space-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardian\u2019s NASA mission lands a first for Space Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Space Force is expected to make history later this year when it launches its first guardian into space on a NASA mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Col. Nick Hague will pilot SpaceX\u2019s Crew-9 mission, which will carry four crew members aboard the company\u2019s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station sometime in August or later, the service announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hague will serve as a flight engineer aboard the ISS, where he and the other astronauts will spend six months completing research and the daily work of running the orbital outpost.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/01\/26\/want-to-wear-the-armys-elite-ranger-tab-the-air-force-wants-to-help\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7997591.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Want to wear the Army\u2019s elite Ranger Tab? The Air Force wants to help<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force&#039;s next Ranger Assessment Course is planned for the spring.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019ll join others already aboard the ISS to live in zero-gravity alongside his Crew-9 teammates, American astronauts Commander Zena Cardman and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscomos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the trip is a first step for the Space Force, it may feel like less of a giant leap for Hague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Picked by NASA as an astronaut in 2013, this will be Hague\u2019s third launch and second mission to the space station. His first attempted trip to the space station in 2018 was aborted after a rocket booster malfunction; in 2019, Hague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2018\/12\/03\/nasa-astronaut-and-air-force-col-nick-hague-set-for-new-space-station-mission-after-abort\/\" target=\"_blank\">served as the flight engineer<\/a> at the ISS for 203 days, during which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/03\/16\/astronaut-nick-hague-an-air-force-colonel-reaches-space-station-with-us-russian-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\">spent nearly 20 hours<\/a> on three spacewalks and performed hundreds of scientific experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After returning home from orbit in October 2019, Hague became the newly created Space Force\u2019s director of test and evaluation. 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