jsc2024e050136 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague poses for a photo in his flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050135 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague is pictured smiling in his flight suit during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050132 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague trains inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050141 (May 13, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague is pictured at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050150 (May 13, 2024) --- (From left) NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov and Pilot Nick Hague smile during a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for training. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e050143 (May 13, 2024) --- From left, SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague from NASA and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov check out a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs autographs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague gives remarks, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

"When we do passes over parts of the world where you can see the human impact to the world, you get to really see the magnitude of the impact. When we’re flying over North America, we come up over Vancouver, and a short five minutes later we’re flying over Houston. We’d just cross over all of the Western United States. And during the daylight, you may not really see a whole lot of human influence, with all the great plains are stretched out and the cities blending into everything. "But when we’d do that same view over South America, at what at one point was rainforest, as far as we can see, has all been deforested. You can understand the reasons why people are doing it. They’re trying to survive. But you also know at your core that we’re having a significant impact on how life is balancing on the world. And so, I walked away with a deep sense of stewardship of the planet. My wife chuckles at this being my mid-life crisis. I came home and signed up for 100% renewable energy and looked at EV cars and everything. "When you look out into space, and you see all those stars and all those galaxies — there’s just so much stuff out there. But the only thing you see with any life on it is what’s right below you. You know that we’re on this island out in the middle of this vast darkness, and we need to just take care of it as best we can." NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Hague most recently spent 203 days living and working onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 59 and 60. Hague ventured outside the space station on three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 56 minutes. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague talks with members of the Civil Air Patrol, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, left, talks with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, left, talks with Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

5-year old Vivian Simms, and her father Ryan Simms, meet with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2024e050133 (June 23, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague focuses on his training inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, perform during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as the United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, perform during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform in the background as NASA astronaut Nick Hague meets with attendees, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague watches as Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss072e519705 (Jan. 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague handles research hardware that is part of the Combustion Integrated Rack that enables safe fuel and flame research aboard the International Space Station.

jsc2024e052332 (June 23, 2024) --- SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague of NASA's Commercial Crew Program poses for a portrait in his flight suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2024e052326 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague smiles in his flight suit at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX

iss072e031339 (Oct. 9, 2024) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague works out on the International Space Station's bicycle, or CEVIS.

jsc2024e062797 (Jan. 14, 2024) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 crew members Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov smile for a photo ahead of their launch to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX

jsc2019e003774 (Feb. 19, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in for the start of two days of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 19. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004059 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA is seen inside a Soyuz spacecraft simulator Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004064 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA signs in for the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams Feb. 20. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2019e004066 (Feb. 20, 2019) --- At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 59 crew member Nick Hague of NASA answers reporters’ questions Feb. 20 during the second day of final pre-launch qualification exams. Hague, Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Beth Weissinger

jsc2024e052329 (July 22, 2024) --- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague smiles and gives two thumbs up during the crew equipment interface test (CEIT) at SpaceX’s new Dragon refurbishing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be his second mission to the orbiting laboratory. Credit: SpaceX

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Pilot Nick Hague is pictured inside a Dragon mockup crew vehicle at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX

(April 20, 2018) -- Portrait view of Expedition 57/58 Crew Member Nick Hague wearing EMU helmet. Photo credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel

iss059e079472 (May 29, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague assembles and installs the Water Storage System inside the U.S. Destiny laboratory module.

iss072e146315 (Nov. 6, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague works inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module on space biology research. Hague was exploring the potential of biomanufacturing using microorganisms and cell cultures to create food, medicine, and more in the microgravity environment reducing the need for cargo missions launched from Earth and promoting crew self-sufficiency during long-term missions.

iss072e146328 (Nov. 6, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague works inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module on space biology research. Hague was exploring the potential of biomanufacturing using microorganisms and cell cutlures to create food, medicine, and more in the microgravity environment reducing the need for cargo missions launched from Earth and promoting crew self-sufficiency during long-term missions.

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA embraces his wife Catie after landing at the Krayniy Airport with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss072e394546 (Dec. 18, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples inside the Destiny laboratory module's Combustion Integrated Rack. Those samples are being observed for how they burn in weightlessness to learn how to prevent fires on spacecraft.

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague's wife Catie Hague is lifted up by NASA astronaut Jeff Williams as she wishes farewell to husband as he and fellow crewmemebers Christina Koch and Alexey Ovchinin depart the Cosmonaut Hotel, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss059e036143 (April 29, 2019) --- Expedition 59 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Nick Hague wears personal protection gear while working to remove bacteria filters and replacing them with charcoal filters inside the International Space Station's Tranquility module.

iss072e031305 (Oct. 7, 2024) --- The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured from a window on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in a photograph taken by NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flght Engineer Nick Hague. 258 miles below the International Space Station is the Sunflower State of Kansas.

iss072e403985 (Dec. 24, 2024) --- NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, Expedition 72 flight engineer and commander respectively, share snacks and goodies on Christmas Eve inside the gallery of the International Space Station's Unity module.

iss072e782430 (March 16, 2025) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, are pictured relaxing inside the International Space Station's Harmony module.

iss072e488718 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured during a six-hour spacewalk for science and maintenance on the International Space Station.

iss072e034812 (Oct. 11, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague calls down to students in Quebec, Canada, on the International Space Station's ham radio and answers their questions about living in space.

iss072e034816 (Oct. 11, 2024) -- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is photographed while talking with students from Quebec, Canada, during an ISS Ham Radio session.

iss072e063703 (Oct. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, Expedition 72 Flight Engineer and Commander respectively, discuss orbital lab maintenance procedures aboard the International Space Station.

iss072e014605 (Oct. 7, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Nick Hague and Matthew Dominick, both Expedition 72 Flight Engineers, check out a camera and its lighting hardware aboard the International Space Station.

iss072e782405 (March 15, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague works on a laptop computer inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock with a pair of spacesuits staged behind him.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague gives remarks during a panel discussion moderated by NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Casey Swails, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador of India in Washington. Hague, along with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, left, is welcomed by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine after Hague landed at the Krayniy Airport with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss072e034702 (Oct. 10, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague pedals on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS), an exercise cycle located aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. CEVIS provides aerobic and cardiovascular conditioning through recumbent (leaning back position) or upright cycling activities.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks with an attendee following a panel discussion at the Embassy of Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Washington. Hague and fellow NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

iss072e146319 (Nov. 6, 2024) --- Expedition 72 Flight Engineers (from left) Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore, both NASA astronauts, partner together inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module on space biology research. Hague was exploring the potential of biomanufacturing using microorganisms and cell cutlures to create food, medicine, and more in the microgravity environment reducing the need for cargo missions launched from Earth and promoting crew self-sufficiency during long-term missions.

iss072e391353 (Dec. 17, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague demonstrates the range of motion and stability of student-designed space hardware aboard the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. Hague was testing the HUNCH (High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware) Utility Bracket for its ability to hold and position cameras, computer tablets, and other tools astronauts use daily.

A young spectator watches a U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet fly, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Robert Schmidle Pitts Aerobatics perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The United States Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, are seen during the opening ceremony of the Joint Base Andrews Air Show, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Warbird Thunder SNJ planes perform, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

The B-25J “Panchito” plane performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Pilots taxi past spectators in their U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy F/A-15F Super Hornet jet performs, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. NASA astronaut Nick Hague was on hand to provide remarks and meet with guests. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss072e126509 (Oct. 29, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague exercises on the advanced resistive exercise device (ARED) aboard the International Space Station's Tranquility module. The ARED mimics the inertial forces of lifting free weights on Earth to maintain muscle health during long-term space missions. During his exercise session, Hague wore Bio-Monitor, a garment and headband set outfitted with sensors to collect physiological data and minimally interfere with space station life. Hague wore the garment 48 hours as part of Vascular Aging, a study that monitors an astronaut’s cardiovascular health in space.

iss072e487911 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- The NICER X-ray telescope is reflected on NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague's spacesuit helmet visor in this high-flying "space-selfie." Also, visible in Hague's visor is the camera he is pointing toward himself to take this photograph. During the six-hour spacewalk, Hague patched light leaks on some of NICER's 56 X-ray concentrators that block ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light while allowing X-rays to pass through to the mirrors underneath enabling the observation of neutron stars.

jsc2025e032542 (March 18, 2025) --- After completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Nick Hague returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston with Chief of the Astronaut Office, Joe Acaba and is greeted by Steve Koerner, acting center director. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.

iss072e146896 (Nov. 10, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples from the Rhodium Biomanufacturing-03 biotechnology experiment that explores using microorganisms and cell cultures to produce materials and biomolecules on a commercial scale in space.

iss072e146898 (Nov. 10, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague stows samples in a science freezer from the Rhodium Biomanufacturing-03 biotechnology experiment that explores using microorganisms and cell cultures to produce materials and biomolecules on a commercial scale in space.

iss072e487415 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured shortly after he exited the International Space Station's Quest airlock beginning a spacewalk to service astrophysics hardware including the NICER X-ray telescope and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA departs the medical tent after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is carried to a medical tent after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmember Nick Hague of NASA is carried to a medical tent after he and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates landed in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 60 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft just minutes after he and fellow crew mate Expedition 60 cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, and visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Almansoori logged 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

iss059e059230 (5/8/2019) --- NASA Astronaut Nick Hague with the MicroAlgae Culture Bags in Node 2 abord the International Space Station (ISS). Microalgae Biosynthesis in Microgravity (MicroAlgae) studies the effects of microgravity on Haematococcus pluvialis, an algae capable of producing a powerful antioxidant, astaxanthin. It could provide a readily available dietary supplement to promote astronaut health on long-duration space exploration missions.

iss060e015022 (7/28/2019) — NASA astronaut Nick Hague is shown holding the Perfect Crystals investigation samples within Styrofoam containers in Node 3 aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals for Neutron Crystallography (Perfect Crystals) crystallizes human manganese superoxide dismutase in order to analyze its shape. This sheds light on how the antioxidant protein helps protect the human body from oxidizing radiation and oxides created as a byproduct of metabolism.

iss059e061760 (May 15, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague of Expedition 59 installs gas trap plugs inside the Harmony module's Moderate Temperature Loop Pump Package Assembly. The gas trap plugs would slow an ammonia release through the gas trap vent hole in the event of an Interface Heat Exchanger breach and reduce coolant leakage during vacuum conditions at the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks with attendees of NASA’s Day on the Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, right, speaks about his time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, during an employee engagement event at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, speak with Ambassador of India to the United States H.E. Mr. Vinay Kwatra, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at residence of the Ambassador in Washington. Williams, Hague and Wilmore served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague signs a certificate and letter before a Silver Snoopy award presentation, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Hague served as part of Expedition 72 onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Expedition 59 astronaut Nick Hague of NASA prepares to have his Sokol suit pressure checked a few hours ahead of his launch on a Soyuz rocket with Christina Koch of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, March 14, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch of NASA, left, Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, center, and Nick Hague of NASA are seen as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel ahead of their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station, Thursday, March 14, 2019 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin launched March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)