NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 March 17, 2025
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members pose together for a portrait inside the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the International Space Station, March 17, 2025. NASA astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague is pictured second from right. From left to right, pictured are NASA astronaut Suni Williams, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Hague, and NASA astronaut Butch Wimore. Hague launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, Sept. 28, 2024, as part of NASA's Crew-9 mission. His flight marked a significant moment in the history of the Space Force, as he became the first active-duty Guardian to fly to space and one of the first humans to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. Hague returned to Earth, March 18, 2025, at 5:57 p.m. EDT. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of NASA)
