.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the company throughout various courses, featuring 157 days precede as well as three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Naval force leader and also marine pilot with more than two decades of service.Cassada served as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission as well as Expedition 68 tour engineer aboard the International Spaceport station, performing myriad upkeep, emergency, and also upgrade activities inside the terminal while also adding to manies practices and innovation manifestations. His 3 spacewalks away from the orbiting laboratory amounted to much more than 21 hrs, effectively installing a pair of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the place's power capacity. Cassada, along with crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, additionally put together the facilities for a future IROSA installment and also totally brought back a malfunctioning legacy solar assortment." I intend to extend my honest Thanksgiving to Josh for his commitment and company to human space expedition," pointed out NASA Johnson Space Center Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as achievements to the improvement of science as well as exploration will influence the newest generation of explorers, the Artemis production, and also perk mankind for decades ahead.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates finished substantial analytic along with ground crews, including the customization of the SpaceX Monster space probe to accommodate an extra team participant in the event of an unexpected emergency return, and also leveraged the crew's numerous capability as well as training to ensure ongoing risk-free and helpful operations for existing and potential staffs.In Houston, Cassada acted as a pill communicator in NASA's Mission Management Center and also assistant to the chief of the Rocketeer Office for space station procedures. As a scientist and examination fly, Cassada additionally brought about the advancement of NASA's Business Workers Plan and also Orion spacecraft and represented the Rocketeer Office in technical as well as functional evaluations of scientific practices like the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Weather Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a notable task in NASA's saving of trustworthy and affordable individual transportation to and also from the spaceport station," pointed out Standard Knight, supervisor of trip functions at NASA Johnson. "Via his commitment as well as devotion to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's job are going to continue to drive our company onward on our trip back to the Moon, and beyond. Our team will definitely miss him as well as are actually delighted to observe what his upcoming quest involves.".As he transitions coming from government company, Cassada will certainly go back to the economic sector, working on exceptionally low light diagnosis modern technologies along with broad and also developing requests in a variety of areas, including quantum networks as well as computing, distant noticing, long-range communication, semiconductor production, and also clinical image resolution." I am actually surprisingly happy for my numerous possibilities here at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "and specifically to have actually offered along with a number of the best remarkable people each on and also off our world, performing things that are only possible when our experts operate and also innovate all together as a team. As people, our company explore. And each scientific journey, whether in a laboratory in the world or precede, calls for tenacity to look into and advance society. I am incredibly privileged to have actually been encompassed by explorers throughout my whole entire career up until now as well as moving forward. An expedition may seem difficult, but it's a great deal less therefore when you're ready as well as with the appropriate crewmates.".Just before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Lesson, Cassada got his doctorate in High Energy Particle Natural Science coming from the College of Rochester, Nyc as well as was actually an USA Navy captain, instructor fly, test pilot, as well as trainer exam aviator. Throughout his occupation, Cassada has actually built up more than 4,000 flight hours in over 50 different aircraft and has been actually rewarded different military as well as noncombatant awards.Cassada finished from White Bear Pond Place High School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as obtained his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Find out more about International Spaceport station investigation as well as operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.