MOSCOW, February 1Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov will join the crew of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission, which will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than August, the US Aerospace Administration (NASA) reported ).
«No earlier than August, NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, pilot Nick Hague, mission specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov will join the crew members of Expeditions 71 and 72,» NASA said in a statement. .
The agency notes that this will be Gorbunov's first flight into space and to the ISS. The cosmonaut was born in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, and received an engineering education specializing in spacecraft and upper stages at the Moscow Aviation Institute.