.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the firm across numerous systems, consisting of 157 times in space and also three spacewalks. Cassada likewise is actually a retired USA Navy captain and naval pilot along with greater than twenty years of solution.Cassada functioned as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 objective as well as Trip 68 trip designer aboard the International Space Station, performing myriad routine maintenance, emergency, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while additionally bring about thousands of practices and technology manifestations. His 3 spacewalks beyond the orbiting research laboratory completed much more than 21 hours, successfully mounting a pair of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station's power capacity. Cassada, along with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally put together the infrastructure for a future IROSA setup as well as totally repaired a malfunctioning legacy solar range." I want to extend my earnest gratefulness to Josh for his devotion and service to human space exploration," mentioned NASA Johnson Room Facility Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as success to the improvement of science and also exploration are going to influence the future generation of travelers, the Artemis creation, and also benefit mankind for many years to follow.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates accomplished considerable problem-solving along with ground staffs, featuring the customization of the SpaceX Dragon space capsule to fit an extra workers member in the event of an unexpected emergency profits, and also leveraged the staff's a variety of ability and also instruction to make certain ongoing secure as well as helpful operations for existing and future crews.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Objective Control Facility and also associate to the principal of the Astronaut Office for space station operations. As a scientist as well as examination aviator, Cassada additionally supported the development of NASA's Office Staff Program as well as Orion space probe as well as stood for the Astronaut Workplace in specialized as well as operational evaluations of medical practices such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Atom Lab." Josh has actually participated in a considerable function in NASA's deliverance of dependable and economical human transportation to and also coming from the spaceport station," mentioned Rule Knight, director of trip functions at NASA Johnson. "With his commitment as well as dedication to human spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will certainly remain to drive us ahead on our experience back to the Moon, and past. Our experts are going to miss him and are delighted to find what his following adventure calls for.".As he transitions from authorities company, Cassada will certainly return to the private sector, dealing with very low illumination diagnosis technologies with wide as well as surfacing requests in different areas, including quantum systems and also computing, distant picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and also health care image resolution." I am surprisingly thankful for my lots of options listed here at NASA," Cassada claimed, "and also especially to have offered along with several of the absolute most amazing people each on as well as off our planet, accomplishing points that are only possible when our company operate and introduce together as a staff. As people, we explore. And each medical journey, whether in a laboratory on Earth or in space, demands guts to look into as well as develop culture. I am exceptionally lucky to have actually been actually neighbored by explorers during my whole entire profession until now as well as going ahead. An expedition may seem difficult, however it is actually a great deal less therefore when you are actually ready and along with the ideal crewmates.".Before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada earned his doctorate in High Power Particle Physics coming from the College of Rochester, Nyc as well as was actually an USA Navy fly, teacher fly, exam fly, and also instructor test fly. Throughout his occupation, Cassada has collected more than 4,000 tour hours in over fifty various aircraft and has been actually awarded various military as well as noncombatant honors.Cassada finished from White Bear Lake Region Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and got his undergraduate's in Physics in 1995 from Albion College in Michigan.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and also operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.