.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 agency throughout multiple courses, consisting of 157 days in space as well as 3 spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired USA Navy captain and naval pilot along with greater than two decades of company.Cassada functioned as pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 objective and Trip 68 air travel engineer aboard the International Space Station, executing myriad maintenance, contingency, as well as upgrade tasks inside the station while additionally bring about hundreds of experiments and also technology demonstrations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting research laboratory completed more than 21 hrs, properly putting up a pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the place's electrical capability. Cassada, along with crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, additionally put together the framework for a potential IROSA installment as well as entirely rejuvenated a malfunctioning legacy sun variety." I desire to expand my genuine gratitude to Josh for his commitment and also solution to human area exploration," stated NASA Johnson Area Facility Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as accomplishments to the innovation of scientific research as well as exploration will definitely encourage the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, and also benefit humanity for decades to come.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and also his crewmates completed considerable problem-solving along with ground crews, including the alteration of the SpaceX Dragon space probe to suit an additional crew participant in case of an urgent come back, as well as leveraged the workers's different ability and instruction to make certain ongoing safe and effective procedures for current and future workers.In Houston, Cassada acted as a capsule communicator in NASA's Objective Management Facility as well as aide to the principal of the Rocketeer Workplace for space station procedures. As a scientist as well as exam fly, Cassada additionally added to the advancement of NASA's Commercial Team System as well as Orion spacecraft as well as worked with the Astronaut Office in specialized and also working assessments of clinical practices such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Weather Atom Laboratory." Josh has participated in a significant part in NASA's delivery of reliable and cost-effective individual transport to and coming from the space station," mentioned Standard Knight, supervisor of flight functions at NASA Johnson. "By means of his devotion and commitment to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will definitely remain to press our company ahead on our experience back to the Moon, and also beyond. We will definitely skip him as well as are actually delighted to see what his upcoming journey calls for.".As he transitions coming from government service, Cassada will come back to the economic sector, dealing with exceptionally reduced lighting diagnosis technologies with wide and emerging uses in various locations, featuring quantum systems and computing, remote sensing, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, and medical image resolution." I am astonishingly happy for my many options right here at NASA," Cassada pointed out, "and specifically to have offered together with a number of the absolute most amazing folks both on and also off our planet, achieving traits that are actually only achievable when our team function and also introduce with each other as a crew. As human beings, our company check out. And also each scientific journey, whether in a laboratory in the world or precede, demands courage to explore and also advance society. I am incredibly blessed to have been encompassed through travelers in the course of my whole profession thus far as well as going forward. An expedition might appear complicated, but it's a whole lot much less therefore when you're ready as well as with the best crewmates.".Before his variety by NASA in 2013 as a participant of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada got his doctorate in High Power Bit Physics from the Educational Institution of Rochester, The Big Apple as well as was actually a united state Naval force pilot, coach captain, exam aviator, as well as instructor examination captain. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up greater than 4,000 trip hours in over 50 different aircraft and also has actually been rewarded different army as well as civilian honors.Cassada earned a degree from White Bear Lake Area Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and also acquired his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research as well as procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.