.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 company across numerous plans, consisting of 157 times precede and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Naval force captain as well as marine pilot with more than 20 years of solution.Cassada served as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 goal and Exploration 68 air travel engineer aboard the International Spaceport station, executing myriad upkeep, emergency, and upgrade activities inside the terminal while additionally adding to hundreds of practices as well as modern technology manifestations. His three spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory amounted to much more than 21 hrs, successfully putting up a pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to improve the place's power ability. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, also put together the commercial infrastructure for a future IROSA installation and also completely repaired a malfunctioning heritage solar energy collection." I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to Josh for his commitment as well as solution to human space exploration," claimed NASA Johnson Area Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's payments and also achievements to the advancement of scientific research and expedition will influence the future generation of travelers, the Artemis production, and advantage humanity for years to follow.".Throughout Exploration 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates finished considerable analytical along with ground staffs, featuring the customization of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to accommodate an additional staff participant in the unlikely event of an unexpected emergency return, and also leveraged the workers's numerous ability as well as instruction to make certain continuous safe and also helpful operations for existing and also future workers.In Houston, Cassada worked as a pill communicator in NASA's Purpose Command Facility as well as aide to the main of the Rocketeer Workplace for space station functions. As a scientist as well as exam pilot, Cassada also supported the progression of NASA's Commercial Crew System as well as Orion spacecraft as well as exemplified the Astronaut Office in specialized as well as operational reviews of clinical experiments like the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as well as Cold Weather Atom Laboratory." Josh has played a considerable duty in NASA's saving of reputable as well as cost-efficient individual transportation to and also from the spaceport station," claimed Rule Knight, director of trip functions at NASA Johnson. "By means of his commitment and also devotion to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's job are going to remain to drive our company forward on our experience back to the Moon, and beyond. Our team will definitely skip him as well as are thrilled to observe what his following quest includes.".As he transitions coming from government service, Cassada will certainly return to the private sector, dealing with very low illumination detection innovations along with vast and arising uses in several locations, featuring quantum networks and computer, remote sensing, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, and health care imaging." I am actually surprisingly grateful for my a lot of options right here at NASA," Cassada stated, "and specifically to have actually served together with some of one of the most fantastic individuals both on as well as off our planet, performing factors that are actually simply feasible when our experts function and also introduce together as a group. As human beings, our experts check out. And also each scientific adventure, whether in a lab in the world or even precede, demands courage to check out as well as advance society. I am actually surprisingly lucky to have been surrounded through travelers throughout my whole entire job up until now and going forward. An expedition may appear difficult, however it's a whole lot less so when you are actually well prepared and with the right crewmates.".Just before his selection by NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Class, Cassada earned his doctorate in High Electricity Bit Natural Science coming from the College of Rochester, New York City as well as was an USA Navy aviator, teacher fly, test fly, and teacher test aviator. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up more than 4,000 flight hrs in over fifty various plane and also has actually been actually awarded several armed forces and private honors.Cassada graduated coming from White Bear Pond Area Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and also obtained his undergraduate's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Discover more regarding International Space Station research study and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.