.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the organization all over several plans, consisting of 157 times precede as well as 3 spacewalks. Cassada additionally is actually a retired USA Navy captain and also marine pilot along with much more than 20 years of solution.Cassada functioned as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 goal as well as Exploration 68 trip engineer aboard the International Spaceport station, performing myriad routine maintenance, contingency, as well as upgrade tasks inside the terminal while also helping in hundreds of practices as well as innovation manifestations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting research laboratory amounted to more than 21 hours, successfully mounting a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the station's electrical capacity. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, additionally set up the infrastructure for a future IROSA setup and fully recovered a malfunctioning legacy photo voltaic array." I want to extend my sincere Thanksgiving to Josh for his devotion and also solution to human area expedition," pointed out NASA Johnson Space Center Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's additions as well as achievements to the innovation of scientific research and exploration will definitely inspire the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, and perk humanity for decades to follow.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates accomplished considerable problem-solving with ground crews, consisting of the customization of the SpaceX Dragon space capsule to suit an additional workers member in the unlikely event of an emergency come back, as well as leveraged the staff's different capability and instruction to ensure continuous secure and also helpful procedures for present and also potential staffs.In Houston, Cassada worked as a capsule communicator in NASA's Mission Management Center and also associate to the main of the Rocketeer Workplace for space station functions. As a scientist and also test captain, Cassada likewise contributed to the advancement of NASA's Industrial Team System and Orion space probe and worked with the Astronaut Office in specialized and functional assessments of clinical experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Weather Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a considerable role in NASA's deliverance of reliable and cost-effective individual transit to and from the spaceport station," stated Rule Knight, director of tour functions at NASA Johnson. "By means of his dedication and dedication to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's job will certainly remain to press our company onward on our quest back to the Moon, and beyond. Our team are going to skip him and also are thrilled to observe what his following adventure requires.".As he transitions coming from federal government service, Cassada will come back to the private sector, working on incredibly reduced illumination detection innovations with broad as well as developing requests in various locations, including quantum systems and computer, remote sensing, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and clinical imaging." I am exceptionally grateful for my a lot of opportunities listed here at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "and particularly to have actually offered alongside a few of the absolute most fantastic folks both on and off our planet, accomplishing factors that are merely feasible when our experts function and also introduce with each other as a staff. As humans, our company discover. As well as each scientific journey, whether in a laboratory on Earth or even in space, demands courage to explore and advance community. I am actually surprisingly fortunate to have been bordered through explorers during my whole career thus far and also going forward. A trip might seem overwhelming, however it's a great deal less so when you are actually equipped and with the ideal crewmates.".Before his choice by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Training class, Cassada made his doctoral in High Electricity Particle Physics coming from the University of Rochester, Nyc and was a united state Navy pilot, coach fly, examination captain, as well as instructor examination captain. Throughout his profession, Cassada has actually accumulated greater than 4,000 trip hrs in over fifty different plane as well as has been actually granted various military as well as noncombatant honors.Cassada got a degree coming from White Bear Lake Region Senior High School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as received his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Discover more regarding International Spaceport station research study as well as functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.