Tyler Nicklaus Hague
Tyler Nicklaus Hague, widely known as Nick Hague, is an American test pilot, engineer, United States Space Force officer, and former NASA astronaut. His career spans an aborted Soyuz launch, a long-duration ISS mission, and a later flight.
- Born
- September 24, 1975
- Died
- N/A
- Birthplace
- Belleville, Kansas,United States
Flights
2
Spacewalks
4
EVA time
25 hours, 56 minutes
In space
373 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes
Bio
Hague grew up in Kansas, studied astronautical engineering at the United States Air Force Academy, and earned a graduate degree at MIT. His military career included flight testing, engineering, and space-related assignments before NASA selected him with the 2013 astronaut class.
His first launch attempt, Soyuz MS-10 in 2018, aborted shortly after liftoff, and Hague and Alexey Ovchinin landed safely after a ballistic descent. Hague returned to flight on Soyuz MS-12 in 2019, serving aboard the ISS during 59 and 60 and performing multiple .
Hague later commanded SpaceX Crew-9 to the International and served with Expedition 72. That mission became especially visible because it returned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams after their extended stay following Boeing Crew delays.