.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the firm across multiple plans, featuring 157 times precede as well as 3 spacewalks. Cassada additionally is a retired United States Navy leader and marine pilot along with more than 20 years of solution.Cassada worked as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission and also Expedition 68 flight engineer aboard the International Spaceport station, implementing myriad maintenance, contingency, and upgrade activities inside the terminal while also resulting in hundreds of experiments and technology manifestations. His three spacewalks outside of the orbiting research laboratory totted more than 21 hours, efficiently putting in a set of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to improve the place's electric capability. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally put together the structure for a future IROSA installation as well as completely repaired a malfunctioning heritage sunlight collection." I would like to prolong my sincere appreciation to Josh for his devotion as well as solution to human space exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Room Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's additions and also achievements to the development of science as well as expedition are going to influence the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, as well as benefit humanity for years to find.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada and his crewmates accomplished considerable problem-solving with ground teams, consisting of the customization of the SpaceX Monster spacecraft to fit an additional workers member in the unlikely event of an urgent return, as well as leveraged the workers's numerous skill sets and also instruction to make sure continuous secure and efficient functions for current and also potential teams.In Houston, Cassada worked as a capsule communicator in NASA's Goal Control Facility and aide to the principal of the Astronaut Workplace for space station functions. As a scientist and also test pilot, Cassada also helped in the advancement of NASA's Industrial Workers System and also Orion space capsule and also stood for the Astronaut Workplace in technical and also operational customer reviews of medical experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Atom Laboratory." Josh has played a significant job in NASA's delivery of trusted and affordable human transit to and also coming from the space station," said Norm Knight, supervisor of trip functions at NASA Johnson. "Through his commitment and devotion to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will certainly continue to push our company forward on our adventure back to the Moon, and past. Our team will certainly overlook him and also are actually delighted to find what his next experience calls for.".As he transitions from federal government company, Cassada will come back to the private sector, working with remarkably reduced illumination detection technologies along with extensive as well as arising treatments in numerous places, consisting of quantum systems and also computer, remote control picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also clinical image resolution." I am actually extremely happy for my many options listed here at NASA," Cassada pointed out, "and also specifically to have actually provided alongside several of the absolute most remarkable folks both on and off our planet, performing factors that are only possible when our team function and also introduce together as a group. As human beings, our team explore. And also each scientific experience, whether in a laboratory in the world or in space, needs nerve to check out as well as advance culture. I am actually surprisingly fortunate to have actually been encompassed by explorers during the course of my whole entire job up until now as well as going forward. A trip might seem to be challenging, however it's a great deal much less so when you are actually equipped and with the ideal crewmates.".Prior to his collection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Training class, Cassada made his doctorate in High Electricity Bit Physics coming from the Educational Institution of Rochester, Nyc and also was actually an U.S. Navy pilot, coach pilot, examination pilot, as well as coach examination captain. Throughout his occupation, Cassada has actually built up more than 4,000 air travel hrs in over 50 various airplane and also has been granted a variety of armed forces as well as civilian awards.Cassada graduated coming from White Bear Lake Place Senior High School in Minnesota in 1991 and also acquired his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Learn more concerning International Space Station study and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.