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NASA makes a very tough decision in setting final Crew-9 assignments (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will serve as the mission's commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will serve as mission specialist.

Probably a bit disappointing for the original commander (Zena Cardman), but an understandable decision by NASA, given the circumstances.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it sucks, but it was expected. Hopefully she gets to command a future mission, maybe something more lunar.