Nick Hague

Tyler N. Hague
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Active
Born (1975-09-24) September 24, 1975
Belleville, Kansas, U.S.
U.S. Air Force Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
Rank Colonel, USAF
Time in space
 Undetermined
Selection 2013 NASA Group
Missions Soyuz MS-10 (Expedition 57/58)

Tyler Nicklaus Hague (born September 24, 1975) is an American test pilot and a NASA astronaut of the class of 2013.[1][2] Selected to be a flight engineer of Expedition 57 / 58 to the International Space Station, he launched on board Soyuz MS-10, which aborted shortly after launch on October 11, 2018.

Education

Hague was born in Belleville, Kansas in 1975. He considers his hometown as Hoxie, Kansas, where he graduated from high school in 1994.

In 1998, he completed a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and continued to study and graduate with a M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000.

In the U.S. Air Force

Hague joined the U.S. Air Force and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in May 1998. He was assign to the Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico in August 2000, working on advanced spacecraft technologies.

In 2003, Hague attended the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in Edwards Air Force Base, California. Following graduation in 2004, he was assigned to the 416th Flight Test Squadron where he was a test pilot, testing F-16, F-15 and T-38.

Hague was deployed in Iraq for five months in 2004, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, and conducting experimental airborne reconnaissance.

In 2006, Hague started teaching courses in the Department of Astronautics faculty at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado. He has taught courses in introductory astronautics, linear control system analysis and design.

In 2009, Hague received a fellowship for the the Air Force Fellows program in Washington, D.C.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California.

From 2012 until 2013 Hague worked in the Department of Defense as Deputy Chief of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization.

Hague was promoted to Colonel in 2016.[3]

NASA

Hague was selected by NASA as part of Astronaut Group 21 and completed training in July 2015, making him available for future missions.[2]

Expedition 57/58

He was the first astronaut of the 2013 NASA astronaut class to be selected for a mission; Hague was slated to be a flight engineer for Expedition 57/58.

On October 11, 2018, Hague and Aleksey Ovchinin boarded Soyuz MS-10 on the way to the International Space Station, but the launch was aborted mid-flight due to a booster failure; the crew landed safely after a ballistic descent, minutes from launch.[4][5] During his MS-10 flight, the Soyuz spacecraft aborted at an altitude of around 50 kilometers (31 miles), roughly halfway to the Kármán line on a suborbital trajectory.[6] Estimates for the apogee of the flight vary but sources agree that the flight did not exceed the Kármán line.[7][8]

Honors and awards

During his service in the Air force, Hague has received the following awards:[3]

  • Distinguished Graduate, United States Air Force Academy;
  • Distinguished Graduate and top flight test engineer in the United States Air Force Test Pilot School Class 03A;
  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal (twice)
  • Air Medal (six times),
  • Aerial Achievement Medal (twice)
  • Air Force Commendation Medal (twice)
  • Air Force Combat Action Medal, as well as various other campaign and service awards.

Personal life

Hague met his wife, Lt. Col. Catie Hague in 1996 at the Air Force Academy. They have two sons. Hague is a Doctor Who fan.[9]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  1. ↑ National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "2013 Astronaut Class". NASA. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "NASA's Newest Astronauts Complete Training". NASA. July 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Astronaut Candidate Biography: Tyler N. Hague (12/2013)". www.jsc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  4. ↑ Dent, Steve (11 October 2018). "Soyuz astronauts safe after failure forced an emergency landing". Engadget. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Family, world watches as rocket carrying Kansas astronaut fails". The Wichita Eagle. October 11, 2018. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Soyuz MS-10 abort: What happened and how will it affect the International Space Station?". SpaceFlight Insider. 12 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Soyuz MS-10". Spacefacts.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan's space report (draft)". Jonathan's Space Report.
  9. ↑ Five things you didn't know about Nick Hague, NASA Johnson Space Center, October 10, 2018
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