.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 agency around several systems, featuring 157 times in space and also 3 spacewalks. Cassada additionally is actually a retired United States Naval force captain as well as marine aviator along with greater than two decades of solution.Cassada acted as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 goal as well as Trip 68 trip engineer aboard the International Space Station, implementing myriad routine maintenance, emergency, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while likewise resulting in dozens practices and innovation manifestations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting lab amounted to greater than 21 hours, efficiently installing a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to improve the place's electric capacity. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, additionally set up the facilities for a potential IROSA installation as well as entirely rejuvenated a malfunctioning tradition photo voltaic collection." I desire to extend my truthful gratefulness to Josh for his dedication as well as solution to individual space expedition," said NASA Johnson Room Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions and achievements to the advancement of scientific research and expedition will motivate the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis creation, and advantage humanity for years ahead.".Throughout Exploration 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates completed substantial analytical along with ground teams, including the modification of the SpaceX Monster space probe to suit an extra team participant in the event of an emergency situation profits, and leveraged the team's different ability and training to make sure ongoing secure as well as effective functions for existing as well as future workers.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Goal Command Center and associate to the principal of the Astronaut Office for space station functions. As a scientist and test fly, Cassada additionally added to the growth of NASA's Office Workers Plan and Orion space probe as well as embodied the Rocketeer Office in specialized and also working evaluations of scientific experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Atom Lab." Josh has participated in a considerable duty in NASA's saving of reputable as well as affordable human transportation to and coming from the spaceport station," said Standard Knight, director of air travel operations at NASA Johnson. "Via his commitment as well as commitment to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's job will certainly continue to drive our team ahead on our journey back to the Moon, as well as past. Our company are going to overlook him and are delighted to view what his upcoming journey calls for.".As he transitions from government company, Cassada will definitely return to the economic sector, working with extremely low illumination discovery innovations along with broad and surfacing applications in various locations, consisting of quantum networks as well as computing, remote control picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also medical imaging." I am actually exceptionally grateful for my numerous possibilities below at NASA," Cassada claimed, "as well as specifically to have offered alongside several of the best outstanding people each on and off our world, achieving things that are just possible when we work and also introduce with each other as a crew. As human beings, our experts discover. And also each scientific journey, whether in a lab on Earth or precede, calls for guts to explore and also develop community. I am actually very privileged to have been encompassed through explorers during the course of my whole occupation until now and going forward. An expedition may seem to be complicated, yet it is actually a great deal less so when you are actually equipped and along with the correct crewmates.".Prior to his option through NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Class, Cassada earned his doctorate in High Power Fragment Natural Science from the Educational Institution of Rochester, New York City and also was actually a united state Naval force pilot, coach captain, exam pilot, as well as instructor exam captain. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up much more than 4,000 trip hrs in over fifty various plane and has actually been granted several armed forces as well as civilian honors.Cassada earned a degree coming from White Bear Pond Location Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as got his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Learn more concerning International Space Station research and also functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.