.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the agency across numerous courses, featuring 157 days precede and 3 spacewalks. Cassada likewise is a retired USA Naval force leader and naval flyer along with more than 20 years of service.Cassada worked as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission and also Expedition 68 air travel engineer aboard the International Space Station, implementing myriad routine maintenance, backup, as well as upgrade activities inside the terminal while also helping in hundreds of experiments and technology manifestations. His three spacewalks beyond the orbiting laboratory amounted to more than 21 hours, properly mounting a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the place's electric capacity. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, also put together the infrastructure for a potential IROSA setup and also totally recovered a malfunctioning heritage solar array." I desire to prolong my honest gratitude to Josh for his devotion as well as solution to human room expedition," stated NASA Johnson Room Center Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's additions and also achievements to the improvement of scientific research and also exploration will definitely motivate the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis creation, and perk humanity for years to find.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates completed significant analytic along with ground staffs, featuring the modification of the SpaceX Monster space capsule to fit an added staff member in the unlikely event of an emergency come back, as well as leveraged the crew's several skill sets and instruction to ensure ongoing risk-free and helpful functions for current and also potential teams.In Houston, Cassada acted as a pill communicator in NASA's Goal Management Facility as well as aide to the principal of the Astronaut Workplace for space station functions. As a physicist and also exam aviator, Cassada additionally added to the development of NASA's Industrial Team System and Orion spacecraft as well as represented the Astronaut Office in specialized and also operational evaluations of clinical experiments like the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Weather Atom Lab." Josh has participated in a considerable task in NASA's delivery of dependable and also cost-efficient individual transportation to and also coming from the spaceport station," mentioned Standard Knight, director of tour functions at NASA Johnson. "With his dedication and commitment to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's job will continue to drive us onward on our trip back to the Moon, as well as past. Our team will certainly miss him and also are delighted to observe what his upcoming trip necessitates.".As he transitions coming from authorities solution, Cassada is going to return to the economic sector, focusing on incredibly low illumination detection innovations with wide and emerging requests in several areas, consisting of quantum systems as well as computing, remote sensing, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and clinical image resolution." I am incredibly thankful for my a lot of options listed here at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "and also specifically to have actually provided alongside several of one of the most impressive individuals both on and off our planet, completing things that are actually simply feasible when our company work as well as innovate with each other as a crew. As humans, our team discover. As well as each medical adventure, whether in a laboratory in the world or in space, requires courage to check out and also advance society. I am actually unbelievably blessed to have been actually neighbored through explorers during my whole career until now and also moving forward. A trip may seem intimidating, however it's a great deal much less so when you are actually equipped and along with the appropriate crewmates.".Before his collection through NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Training class, Cassada made his doctorate in High Electricity Particle Physics coming from the University of Rochester, New York City and also was actually an U.S. Naval force aviator, coach captain, test aviator, and also trainer test aviator. Throughout his profession, Cassada has actually gathered much more than 4,000 trip hours in over fifty various plane and has been rewarded a variety of military and also noncombatant honors.Cassada got a degree from White Bear Pond Location Senior High School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as acquired his undergraduate's in Natural science in 1995 from Albion College in Michigan.Find out more concerning International Space Station research and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.