.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Relinquish NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of solution to the organization around a number of programs, consisting of 157 times in space and 3 spacewalks. Cassada additionally is a retired United States Navy leader and also naval flyer along with more than twenty years of company.Cassada served as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission and also Expedition 68 tour developer aboard the International Space Station, carrying out myriad upkeep, emergency, and upgrade tasks inside the terminal while likewise helping in numerous practices and modern technology manifestations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting lab completed greater than 21 hours, successfully putting in a set of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station's electrical capability. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally constructed the structure for a future IROSA installment and also completely brought back a malfunctioning legacy photovoltaic assortment." I would like to prolong my genuine gratefulness to Josh for his devotion as well as company to human space exploration," pointed out NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's contributions as well as accomplishments to the development of scientific research and exploration are going to encourage the next generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, as well as advantage mankind for years to come.".Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and also his crewmates finished extensive problem-solving with ground staffs, including the adjustment of the SpaceX Dragon space probe to accommodate an additional staff member in the event of an emergency situation come back, and also leveraged the staff's numerous skill sets and training to make sure continued safe and also reliable functions for current and also potential workers.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Goal Control Facility and also aide to the chief of the Rocketeer Workplace for spaceport station procedures. As a scientist and exam aviator, Cassada additionally brought about the growth of NASA's Business Crew System as well as Orion space probe and worked with the Rocketeer Workplace in technical as well as functional assessments of scientific experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Atom Laboratory." Josh has actually participated in a notable function in NASA's deliverance of dependable and cost-effective human transit to as well as coming from the spaceport station," stated Norm Knight, supervisor of trip procedures at NASA Johnson. "Via his commitment as well as devotion to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will certainly remain to drive our company forward on our experience back to the Moon, and also past. Our experts will definitely overlook him as well as are actually thrilled to find what his following experience necessitates.".As he transitions from authorities solution, Cassada will certainly come back to the private sector, servicing very low lighting diagnosis technologies with extensive and also arising requests in various areas, featuring quantum systems as well as computer, distant picking up, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, as well as medical image resolution." I am actually astonishingly thankful for my several chances below at NASA," Cassada pointed out, "as well as particularly to have served together with a few of the absolute most impressive individuals both on and also off our world, accomplishing factors that are only achievable when we work and introduce with each other as a team. As human beings, our experts look into. And each scientific experience, whether in a lab in the world or even in space, needs nerve to explore as well as advance community. I am actually surprisingly lucky to have been surrounded through travelers during the course of my whole entire profession up until now as well as going forward. An expedition might seem to be daunting, yet it's a great deal less so when you're well prepared and along with the correct crewmates.".Prior to his assortment through NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Training class, Cassada got his doctoral in High Energy Particle Physics coming from the College of Rochester, New York City and also was actually an U.S. Navy aviator, coach aviator, test pilot, as well as coach test pilot. Throughout his career, Cassada has actually accumulated more than 4,000 tour hrs in over 50 various aircraft and also has actually been actually awarded various army as well as noncombatant awards.Cassada graduated from White Bear Lake Location Senior High School in Minnesota in 1991 and also obtained his bachelor's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion University in Michigan.Learn more about International Spaceport station investigation and also procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.