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ELITEActiveNASANASA·🇺🇸 United States·Born 1975
Nick Hague
U.
350d
Days in Space
3
Missions
3
EVAs
19h
EVA Time
You couldn't have asked for a better team to be with in that situation.
What they aspire to
He hopes to help establish a sustained human presence beyond low Earth orbit and to demonstrate the resilience of crewed spaceflight systems.
Biography
U.S. Space Force colonel who survived the Soyuz MS-10 launch abort in 2018. Commanded SpaceX Crew-9 and brought home the stranded Starliner crew.
Before NASAU.S. Space Force colonel and former Air Force test pilot with a master's degree from MIT who served on the Department of Defense's Joint Staff before joining NASA in 2013.
Notable Missions
Soyuz MS-10 abortExpedition 59/60SpaceX Crew-9 / Expedition 72
Beyond the Mission
Hobbies & Interests
cyclingrunningskiing
Causes They Champion
STEM educationU.S. Space Force advocacy
Languages
EnglishRussian
Awards & Honors
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
- NASA Spaceflight Medal
Fun fact
He survived the dramatic Soyuz MS-10 launch abort in October 2018 — a booster failure forced a ballistic re-entry minutes after liftoff — and flew safely to the ISS just five months later.
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