.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the firm throughout several systems, including 157 times precede and also three spacewalks. Cassada likewise is actually a retired United States Navy leader and also marine flyer with greater than twenty years of company.Cassada worked as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 goal and also Trip 68 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, carrying out myriad servicing, contingency, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while additionally helping in dozens practices as well as innovation demonstrations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting laboratory completed greater than 21 hours, effectively installing a set of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the place's electric ability. Cassada, along with crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, likewise constructed the infrastructure for a future IROSA installation as well as completely restored a malfunctioning legacy solar energy collection." I would like to stretch my honest thankfulness to Josh for his commitment and also service to individual area exploration," pointed out NASA Johnson Space Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as success to the innovation of scientific research and also expedition will definitely inspire the next generation of explorers, the Artemis generation, and also benefit mankind for many years ahead.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and also his crewmates completed substantial analytic along with ground crews, including the customization of the SpaceX Monster space probe to accommodate an added crew member in case of an unexpected emergency profits, as well as leveraged the team's various ability and also instruction to make certain ongoing safe and also effective functions for existing and also future teams.In Houston, Cassada worked as a pill communicator in NASA's Purpose Management Facility as well as aide to the principal of the Astronaut Workplace for spaceport station functions. As a scientist and also exam aviator, Cassada additionally contributed to the progression of NASA's Office Team Course and also Orion spacecraft and stood for the Rocketeer Workplace in specialized and also working assessments of clinical experiments such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Atom Laboratory." Josh has actually participated in a substantial function in NASA's saving of reliable and also economical human transportation to and also from the spaceport station," stated Standard Knight, director of tour operations at NASA Johnson. "Through his commitment and commitment to individual spaceflight exploration, Josh's job will certainly continue to drive us ahead on our journey back to the Moon, and beyond. Our company will overlook him and are actually excited to view what his next quest calls for.".As he transitions from authorities service, Cassada is going to return to the economic sector, working on incredibly low lighting detection modern technologies with vast and also arising applications in different regions, including quantum systems as well as computing, remote control noticing, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also health care image resolution." I am extremely thankful for my numerous opportunities below at NASA," Cassada said, "and specifically to have offered along with a number of the most fantastic individuals each on and also off our earth, accomplishing factors that are actually merely achievable when our experts work and innovate all together as a crew. As humans, we check out. And each scientific journey, whether in a lab in the world or in space, requires nerve to explore and advance culture. I am astonishingly blessed to have actually been bordered through explorers throughout my entire career up until now as well as moving forward. An expedition might seem complicated, yet it's a lot less thus when you are actually prepared and also with the appropriate crewmates.".Just before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Class, Cassada got his doctoral in High Energy Fragment Natural Science coming from the Educational Institution of Rochester, New York and also was an USA Navy fly, coach fly, exam pilot, and instructor exam aviator. Throughout his job, Cassada has actually gathered more than 4,000 flight hours in over fifty various aircraft as well as has been rewarded various army as well as private honors.Cassada earned a degree coming from White Bear Pond Location Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and also acquired his undergraduate's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station research study and functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.