.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Relinquish NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the organization around numerous programs, consisting of 157 times in space and also 3 spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired USA Naval force leader as well as marine aviator with much more than 20 years of service.Cassada worked as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission as well as Expedition 68 flight designer aboard the International Spaceport station, performing myriad servicing, backup, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while additionally supporting thousands of practices as well as modern technology demonstrations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting research laboratory completed more than 21 hrs, properly installing a pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the place's electrical ability. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, likewise assembled the framework for a potential IROSA setup and entirely brought back a malfunctioning tradition sunlight assortment." I intend to expand my honest appreciation to Josh for his dedication and also company to individual room exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Room Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's payments and also accomplishments to the development of scientific research and exploration will certainly motivate the newest generation of explorers, the Artemis production, and also advantage humankind for decades to find.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada and his crewmates accomplished comprehensive problem-solving along with ground staffs, including the customization of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to accommodate an extra team member in case of an emergency profits, and leveraged the crew's several capability and training to make certain continuous risk-free and also reliable functions for current and also potential teams.In Houston, Cassada acted as a capsule communicator in NASA's Purpose Management Facility and aide to the main of the Astronaut Workplace for spaceport station operations. As a scientist and exam captain, Cassada likewise resulted in the development of NASA's Business Team System as well as Orion spacecraft and worked with the Rocketeer Workplace in technological and also working reviews of scientific practices such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as well as Cold Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a considerable duty in NASA's deliverance of dependable and economical individual transit to as well as from the space station," claimed Norm Knight, supervisor of tour functions at NASA Johnson. "Via his dedication as well as commitment to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will certainly remain to press our team ahead on our adventure back to the Moon, and beyond. Our company will definitely miss him and also are actually thrilled to see what his upcoming trip calls for.".As he transitions coming from authorities company, Cassada will return to the economic sector, dealing with exceptionally low illumination diagnosis innovations with extensive as well as emerging requests in numerous places, featuring quantum systems and also computing, remote control picking up, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, as well as health care imaging." I am extremely happy for my numerous options right here at NASA," Cassada pointed out, "and also especially to have actually provided together with a few of one of the most incredible people both on and off our planet, achieving traits that are only possible when our experts operate as well as introduce all together as a group. As people, our experts discover. And also each scientific adventure, whether in a laboratory in the world or precede, demands courage to explore and also develop community. I am surprisingly lucky to have actually been surrounded by explorers during the course of my whole entire job so far and going ahead. An exploration might seem to be complicated, yet it is actually a great deal less thus when you are actually ready and along with the correct crewmates.".Before his option by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada gained his doctorate in High Power Particle Physics coming from the Educational Institution of Rochester, New York City and was actually an U.S. Navy pilot, instructor fly, test captain, and trainer examination fly. Throughout his job, Cassada has actually built up more than 4,000 tour hrs in over 50 various plane and has been actually granted numerous military and also civilian awards.Cassada finished coming from White Bear Lake Location Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 as well as got his undergraduate's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Learn more about International Space Station research as well as procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.