.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Relinquish NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the organization around various plans, featuring 157 days precede and also 3 spacewalks. Cassada likewise is a retired United States Navy leader as well as naval flyer along with much more than 20 years of service.Cassada served as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission as well as Exploration 68 trip designer aboard the International Spaceport station, performing myriad upkeep, contingency, and upgrade tasks inside the terminal while additionally bring about manies practices and modern technology demonstrations. His three spacewalks beyond the orbiting lab completed greater than 21 hours, efficiently putting in a pair of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the station's electrical capability. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, also assembled the facilities for a future IROSA installment and also entirely rejuvenated a malfunctioning legacy solar selection." I intend to expand my earnest thankfulness to Josh for his commitment as well as service to human space exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Room Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's additions and also achievements to the innovation of scientific research and expedition will motivate the future generation of travelers, the Artemis production, as well as benefit humanity for decades ahead.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and his crewmates finished significant analytic with ground groups, including the adjustment of the SpaceX Monster space probe to accommodate an additional crew member in the event of an emergency situation return, and also leveraged the team's numerous skill sets as well as training to ensure continuous safe as well as successful functions for existing and also potential teams.In Houston, Cassada served as a capsule communicator in NASA's Mission Command Facility and aide to the principal of the Rocketeer Office for spaceport station procedures. As a physicist and also test captain, Cassada additionally supported the progression of NASA's Industrial Staff Plan as well as Orion space capsule as well as exemplified the Rocketeer Office in specialized and functional assessments of clinical experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as well as Cold Weather Atom Laboratory." Josh has participated in a substantial job in NASA's deliverance of trusted as well as affordable human transit to and coming from the spaceport station," mentioned Rule Knight, supervisor of trip operations at NASA Johnson. "Via his dedication and also dedication to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will certainly remain to drive our company onward on our experience back to the Moon, as well as past. Our company will definitely overlook him as well as are actually thrilled to view what his upcoming experience requires.".As he transitions coming from government company, Cassada will go back to the economic sector, dealing with exceptionally low lighting detection innovations with extensive as well as emerging requests in various locations, including quantum networks as well as computer, remote control picking up, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, and also clinical imaging." I am incredibly thankful for my a lot of possibilities below at NASA," Cassada said, "and specifically to have actually served along with some of one of the most amazing folks both on and off our planet, achieving traits that are actually only feasible when we operate as well as introduce all together as a group. As human beings, we look into. And also each clinical journey, whether in a laboratory in the world or even precede, calls for courage to explore as well as develop society. I am unbelievably lucky to have actually been surrounded through travelers throughout my whole entire occupation until now as well as moving forward. A trip may seem to be intimidating, however it is actually a great deal less thus when you're well prepared and also with the best crewmates.".Before his option through NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Lesson, Cassada got his doctorate in High Electricity Fragment Natural Science coming from the College of Rochester, New York City and also was an U.S. Naval force fly, instructor captain, examination pilot, and also coach examination fly. Throughout his career, Cassada has actually built up more than 4,000 air travel hours in over fifty different aircraft as well as has actually been actually rewarded numerous army and also noncombatant honors.Cassada earned a degree coming from White Bear Lake Location Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and acquired his bachelor's in Natural science in 1995 from Albion College in Michigan.Discover more about International Spaceport station analysis and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.