.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the organization throughout various systems, featuring 157 times in space and also three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy leader as well as marine aviator along with more than 20 years of solution.Cassada worked as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 goal and Trip 68 air travel developer aboard the International Spaceport station, implementing myriad routine maintenance, backup, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while also supporting thousands of experiments and technology demonstrations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting research laboratory amounted to more than 21 hours, efficiently installing a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to improve the place's power ability. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, also assembled the commercial infrastructure for a potential IROSA installation and also fully brought back a malfunctioning legacy solar energy selection." I desire to expand my earnest Thanksgiving to Josh for his commitment as well as service to individual space exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Space Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions and also success to the improvement of scientific research as well as expedition will certainly motivate the newest generation of explorers, the Artemis creation, and also perk humanity for many years to find.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates finished substantial problem-solving along with ground groups, featuring the customization of the SpaceX Dragon space probe to accommodate an extra team participant in the unlikely event of an urgent profits, and leveraged the workers's different capability as well as instruction to guarantee continuing risk-free as well as efficient procedures for current and future workers.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Mission Control Facility as well as aide to the principal of the Rocketeer Workplace for spaceport station functions. As a scientist as well as test captain, Cassada additionally helped in the progression of NASA's Business Staff Plan and also Orion space probe and also stood for the Astronaut Office in technical and working evaluations of medical experiments like the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Atom Lab." Josh has actually played a significant duty in NASA's saving of dependable and also cost-effective individual transit to and also from the space station," stated Norm Knight, director of tour operations at NASA Johnson. "Through his dedication and also commitment to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will remain to push our company forward on our quest back to the Moon, and also beyond. We will definitely skip him and are delighted to view what his upcoming adventure involves.".As he transitions from government company, Cassada will definitely go back to the economic sector, servicing extremely low lighting detection technologies with broad and developing requests in numerous locations, featuring quantum networks and also processing, distant picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, as well as clinical imaging." I am extremely grateful for my lots of chances right here at NASA," Cassada said, "and specifically to have actually served along with some of the best impressive folks each on and off our earth, performing points that are actually only feasible when we work and introduce with each other as a crew. As people, our company explore. And also each scientific experience, whether in a laboratory in the world or precede, calls for nerve to check out as well as develop community. I am surprisingly lucky to have actually been encompassed by travelers throughout my whole job up until now and going ahead. A trip might appear overwhelming, but it is actually a great deal less therefore when you're equipped and also along with the right crewmates.".Just before his option by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada got his doctoral in High Energy Particle Physics from the University of Rochester, New York City as well as was a united state Navy pilot, instructor pilot, examination aviator, and also trainer test fly. Throughout his career, Cassada has gathered more than 4,000 flight hours in over 50 various airplane and also has been granted various military and civilian honors.Cassada graduated from White Bear Lake Region Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and also got his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Learn more about International Spaceport station investigation and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.