U.S. Air Force astronaut Col. Michael “Hopper” Hopkins will be the first astronaut member of the U.S. Space Force in a ceremony expected to take place while aboard the International Space Station, Space Force confirmed Tuesday.

“The U.S. Space Force plans to voluntarily transfer U.S. Air Force astronaut Col. Michael ‘Hopper’ Hopkins to the U.S. Space Force once Colonel Hopkins is on board the International Space Station,” said a Space Force statement sent to the Washington Examiner.