Space Force to get its 1st astronaut on SpaceX launch this year
NASA announced the four members for the planned August SpaceX mission to rotate crew on the International Space Station and it includes the first member of the U.S. Space Force flying to orbit.
The crew member, which Space Force calls a guardian, has already been to space, but for NASA as a member of the Air Force.
Piloting the SpaceX Crew-9 flight will be U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague, who…