.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the agency around various systems, including 157 days precede and 3 spacewalks. Cassada also is actually a retired USA Naval force leader and marine pilot with more than twenty years of solution.Cassada worked as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 purpose and Expedition 68 tour developer aboard the International Spaceport station, implementing myriad servicing, contingency, and upgrade activities inside the station while likewise contributing to manies experiments and also technology manifestations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting research laboratory amounted to greater than 21 hrs, efficiently installing a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the station's power capacity. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally constructed the commercial infrastructure for a potential IROSA installation as well as fully recovered a malfunctioning legacy solar collection." I wish to expand my honest gratefulness to Josh for his dedication and solution to human area expedition," mentioned NASA Johnson Space Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions and also achievements to the advancement of scientific research and expedition will encourage the future generation of explorers, the Artemis production, as well as benefit humanity for decades to find.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada and his crewmates accomplished extensive problem-solving with ground groups, consisting of the modification of the SpaceX Dragon space capsule to fit an additional crew member in the event of an emergency come back, as well as leveraged the staff's various ability as well as instruction to make certain ongoing secure and reliable procedures for current and potential crews.In Houston, Cassada worked as a pill communicator in NASA's Goal Management Facility as well as aide to the chief of the Astronaut Workplace for space station procedures. As a scientist and examination pilot, Cassada also resulted in the development of NASA's Commercial Workers Program and Orion space probe and also exemplified the Rocketeer Workplace in specialized as well as working reviews of scientific practices such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a notable part in NASA's saving of reputable and cost-effective human transport to and coming from the space station," stated Standard Knight, director of tour operations at NASA Johnson. "Through his commitment as well as dedication to human spaceflight exploration, Josh's work will definitely remain to drive our company ahead on our quest back to the Moon, and past. Our experts will definitely overlook him and also are delighted to observe what his following adventure entails.".As he transitions from government solution, Cassada is going to return to the private sector, servicing exceptionally reduced lighting discovery innovations along with extensive as well as emerging applications in different regions, featuring quantum networks as well as processing, remote sensing, long-range interaction, semiconductor manufacturing, and clinical image resolution." I am unbelievably thankful for my numerous possibilities listed here at NASA," Cassada stated, "and particularly to have served along with a few of the most fantastic people both on and off our planet, completing factors that are actually just feasible when our experts work and innovate with each other as a group. As people, we look into. And also each scientific journey, whether in a lab on Earth or even in space, calls for nerve to discover and develop culture. I am actually surprisingly fortunate to have actually been actually surrounded through travelers during the course of my entire job until now as well as going forward. An exploration might appear intimidating, yet it is actually a great deal less therefore when you are actually ready and also with the appropriate crewmates.".Just before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada got his doctorate in High Energy Bit Physics from the University of Rochester, New York and also was actually an USA Naval force pilot, teacher pilot, exam fly, as well as trainer test aviator. Throughout his profession, Cassada has gathered greater than 4,000 trip hrs in over 50 various airplane and also has actually been actually awarded different army and also civilian awards.Cassada finished from White Bear Lake Location Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as obtained his undergraduate's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Learn more concerning International Space Station study as well as operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.