.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the company throughout various courses, featuring 157 times precede and 3 spacewalks. Cassada additionally is a retired USA Naval force captain as well as marine flyer along with greater than twenty years of company.Cassada worked as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 purpose and Exploration 68 trip designer aboard the International Spaceport station, executing myriad servicing, contingency, and also upgrade tasks inside the station while additionally adding to manies experiments as well as modern technology manifestations. His 3 spacewalks away from the orbiting research laboratory totaled greater than 21 hrs, effectively putting up a pair of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to improve the place's electrical capability. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally assembled the commercial infrastructure for a future IROSA setup and entirely repaired a malfunctioning heritage solar energy assortment." I intend to extend my earnest Thanksgiving to Josh for his devotion and company to human space expedition," pointed out NASA Johnson Area Center Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's payments as well as achievements to the advancement of scientific research and also expedition will influence the future generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, as well as benefit humankind for many years ahead.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and also his crewmates completed considerable analytical with ground groups, featuring the modification of the SpaceX Monster space probe to accommodate an extra staff member in case of an emergency situation profits, as well as leveraged the team's numerous ability and instruction to ensure continuous secure as well as effective procedures for existing and also potential workers.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Purpose Command Facility and also aide to the chief of the Rocketeer Workplace for space station procedures. As a scientist as well as examination aviator, Cassada additionally supported the progression of NASA's Industrial Workers Course as well as Orion space probe as well as exemplified the Astronaut Workplace in technical and working assessments of medical experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Atom Laboratory." Josh has actually played a substantial role in NASA's saving of reputable and affordable individual transit to and also from the spaceport station," claimed Rule Knight, director of tour functions at NASA Johnson. "By means of his devotion and also devotion to human spaceflight exploration, Josh's job will remain to press us onward on our trip back to the Moon, as well as beyond. Our company are going to miss him and are thrilled to observe what his following adventure includes.".As he transitions from federal government company, Cassada will certainly return to the economic sector, dealing with very reduced illumination detection innovations along with vast and also arising requests in several places, featuring quantum systems and computing, remote control noticing, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also medical imaging." I am actually extremely happy for my several options listed here at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "as well as especially to have provided alongside some of the absolute most fantastic people each on and off our planet, performing factors that are actually just feasible when our company function and innovate with each other as a staff. As people, we explore. As well as each clinical journey, whether in a lab in the world or even precede, needs nerve to check out and develop society. I am actually exceptionally fortunate to have been neighbored by travelers during my whole entire profession so far as well as going forward. An exploration might appear challenging, however it's a whole lot much less thus when you are actually equipped and also with the correct crewmates.".Before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Lesson, Cassada made his doctorate in High Power Particle Physics from the University of Rochester, Nyc and also was actually a united state Navy captain, coach pilot, test fly, and also coach test fly. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up more than 4,000 trip hours in over 50 different airplane and has been awarded various armed forces and also private awards.Cassada got a degree from White Bear Lake Place Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and received his bachelor's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Find out more regarding International Space Station analysis and also functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.