.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the company across a number of systems, including 157 days precede and 3 spacewalks. Cassada likewise is actually a retired United States Navy captain as well as naval aviator along with much more than twenty years of company.Cassada served as captain of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 objective as well as Expedition 68 trip engineer aboard the International Space Station, implementing myriad routine maintenance, emergency, as well as upgrade tasks inside the terminal while additionally bring about dozens experiments as well as innovation manifestations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting laboratory amounted to more than 21 hours, properly installing a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station's power ability. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally constructed the structure for a future IROSA installment and also entirely brought back a malfunctioning heritage solar energy collection." I wish to prolong my sincere appreciation to Josh for his dedication and also company to human space exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Room Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's additions and also success to the improvement of scientific research and also expedition will definitely influence the newest generation of explorers, the Artemis production, as well as advantage mankind for years to find.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates completed comprehensive analytical with ground crews, featuring the adjustment of the SpaceX Monster space capsule to fit an extra staff participant in the unlikely event of an emergency profits, as well as leveraged the staff's numerous capability as well as training to guarantee continuing safe and also efficient functions for current and also potential staffs.In Houston, Cassada served as a capsule communicator in NASA's Mission Command Center as well as associate to the principal of the Astronaut Workplace for spaceport station functions. As a scientist and also test fly, Cassada also resulted in the progression of NASA's Industrial Staff Program and also Orion space probe and also stood for the Rocketeer Workplace in technical and operational testimonials of medical practices such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Weather Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a considerable job in NASA's delivery of dependable and cost-effective human transit to as well as coming from the space station," claimed Rule Knight, supervisor of air travel functions at NASA Johnson. "Through his devotion as well as dedication to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's job will definitely continue to push our company ahead on our trip back to the Moon, as well as past. Our experts will definitely overlook him and also are actually thrilled to view what his following trip entails.".As he transitions coming from authorities solution, Cassada will certainly go back to the private sector, working with remarkably low lighting discovery modern technologies along with wide and arising uses in numerous regions, including quantum networks as well as computer, remote control noticing, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, and also health care imaging." I am actually incredibly happy for my many chances listed below at NASA," Cassada stated, "and specifically to have provided together with a number of the absolute most impressive individuals each on and off our planet, performing points that are actually just achievable when our team work and also innovate with each other as a staff. As people, our experts look into. And also each scientific journey, whether in a lab on Earth or even in space, demands guts to discover and advance culture. I am astonishingly privileged to have actually been actually surrounded by travelers throughout my whole entire profession until now as well as going ahead. A trip might seem overwhelming, however it is actually a lot much less so when you are actually well prepared and also with the correct crewmates.".Just before his assortment through NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada gained his doctoral in High Electricity Bit Natural Science coming from the University of Rochester, New York and also was an USA Navy fly, teacher fly, exam captain, and also trainer test pilot. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up greater than 4,000 air travel hours in over fifty different airplane and has actually been granted several military and also noncombatant awards.Cassada earned a degree from White Bear Lake Area Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and received his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Find out more concerning International Space Station research study and also operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.