This image shows Hague (left,) walking with Gorbunov (right) to the launch tower. ZUMAPRESS.com Wilson also expressed that she wished the four-person crew could have gone up in space together. “We, of course, want to be together,” she said during the broadcast, according to the outlet. “We have built friendship and camaraderie … but I’m very excited for them [Hague and Gorbunov], looking forward to hearing their stories from space.” Without Cardman and Wilson on the trip up to the ISS, the weight balance of the Crew Dragon spacecraft was thrown off. The crew went up with two mass simulators in their seats that will be replaced with the stranded NASA astronauts Wilmore and Williams on their return trip in February. The two had expected to be at the ISS for just a few days but their full visit will now last eight months due to the troubles with their Boeing spacecraft. Filed under