.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the firm all over numerous plans, consisting of 157 times in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is actually a retired United States Navy captain and also naval pilot with greater than two decades of service.Cassada functioned as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 objective as well as Exploration 68 tour engineer aboard the International Space Station, performing myriad servicing, backup, as well as upgrade activities inside the station while additionally resulting in manies practices and also modern technology manifestations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory totaled greater than 21 hours, successfully putting up a set of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station's electrical ability. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally set up the structure for a future IROSA setup as well as completely restored a malfunctioning tradition sun assortment." I intend to prolong my honest appreciation to Josh for his commitment and company to individual room expedition," said NASA Johnson Room Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as achievements to the innovation of scientific research as well as exploration will definitely influence the future generation of explorers, the Artemis creation, and also benefit mankind for many years to come.".Throughout Exploration 68, Cassada and his crewmates accomplished comprehensive problem-solving along with ground teams, consisting of the customization of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to suit an added team member in the unlikely event of an emergency situation profits, and also leveraged the workers's a variety of ability and training to make sure continuing risk-free and also efficient operations for current and also potential teams.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a pill communicator in NASA's Objective Command Facility as well as associate to the chief of the Rocketeer Workplace for spaceport station procedures. As a physicist and also examination captain, Cassada likewise contributed to the growth of NASA's Industrial Workers Plan and also Orion spacecraft and embodied the Rocketeer Workplace in technical as well as working reviews of clinical experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as well as Cold Atom Laboratory." Josh has actually participated in a significant part in NASA's delivery of trusted as well as cost-efficient human transport to and also from the space station," mentioned Rule Knight, director of trip procedures at NASA Johnson. "With his devotion and also devotion to human spaceflight exploration, Josh's job will remain to press our company onward on our experience back to the Moon, and also past. Our team will certainly skip him and are excited to find what his following trip involves.".As he transitions from authorities company, Cassada is going to come back to the private sector, focusing on very low lighting diagnosis innovations along with wide and surfacing applications in several places, consisting of quantum networks and processing, remote picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also health care image resolution." I am very grateful for my many options below at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "and specifically to have offered alongside several of the absolute most incredible individuals both on and also off our world, accomplishing traits that are actually simply possible when our company function as well as innovate all together as a group. As human beings, our company explore. And also each scientific journey, whether in a lab on Earth or in space, calls for tenacity to check out and develop community. I am very privileged to have actually been actually surrounded through travelers during the course of my entire job thus far and also going ahead. A trip may seem to be challenging, but it is actually a whole lot less so when you're prepared and also with the correct crewmates.".Before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada got his doctoral in High Energy Bit Natural Science from the College of Rochester, Nyc as well as was actually an USA Naval force pilot, instructor pilot, examination fly, as well as coach exam captain. Throughout his occupation, Cassada has actually collected more than 4,000 trip hrs in over fifty various aircraft and also has actually been awarded a variety of army and private awards.Cassada got a degree from White Bear Lake Area High School in Minnesota in 1991 and also got his undergraduate's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.