.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Relinquish NASA.NASA rocketeer Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the organization throughout various systems, including 157 days in space and also three spacewalks. Cassada additionally is a retired United States Naval force captain and marine flyer with greater than two decades of solution.Cassada functioned as aviator of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 purpose as well as Exploration 68 air travel developer aboard the International Space Station, executing myriad maintenance, emergency, as well as upgrade tasks inside the terminal while likewise helping in dozens practices and innovation demonstrations. His 3 spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory totted more than 21 hours, efficiently setting up a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to enhance the station's electrical capacity. Cassada, together with crewmate NASA rocketeer Frank Rubio, additionally set up the framework for a potential IROSA installation and also completely brought back a malfunctioning heritage photo voltaic range." I wish to expand my earnest appreciation to Josh for his devotion as well as company to individual space expedition," stated NASA Johnson Room Center Director Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's payments and success to the improvement of scientific research as well as exploration are going to motivate the newest generation of travelers, the Artemis production, and perk humanity for years ahead.".Throughout Trip 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates accomplished significant analytical along with ground groups, featuring the adjustment of the SpaceX Monster spacecraft to accommodate an added crew member in the event of an unexpected emergency come back, as well as leveraged the team's different ability and also instruction to guarantee continuous risk-free and effective operations for existing and future workers.In Houston, Cassada functioned as a capsule communicator in NASA's Purpose Management Facility and assistant to the main of the Astronaut Office for spaceport station procedures. As a scientist as well as test fly, Cassada likewise contributed to the advancement of NASA's Office Crew Plan as well as Orion space probe as well as worked with the Rocketeer Office in technological and also working customer reviews of scientific practices like the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and also Cold Weather Atom Laboratory." Josh has played a notable function in NASA's saving of dependable and economical individual transit to as well as coming from the space station," mentioned Standard Knight, director of trip operations at NASA Johnson. "Via his devotion and commitment to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will continue to press our company ahead on our adventure back to the Moon, and beyond. Our experts will definitely overlook him and also are actually delighted to observe what his following adventure calls for.".As he transitions coming from government solution, Cassada will come back to the private sector, working with extremely low light diagnosis technologies along with broad and also developing requests in a variety of locations, consisting of quantum systems and also computing, remote noticing, long-range interaction, semiconductor manufacturing, as well as health care imaging." I am actually incredibly grateful for my numerous options below at NASA," Cassada said, "and also especially to have actually provided alongside some of the best amazing people each on as well as off our world, achieving traits that are actually merely achievable when our team function as well as innovate together as a crew. As people, we explore. And also each scientific adventure, whether in a laboratory on Earth or in space, calls for guts to discover and advance culture. I am actually extremely privileged to have been actually encompassed through explorers during the course of my whole entire career until now and also going ahead. An exploration might seem intimidating, but it is actually a whole lot much less so when you are actually prepared and with the right crewmates.".Prior to his choice through NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Lesson, Cassada gained his doctoral in High Energy Particle Natural Science coming from the University of Rochester, New York City and also was actually an U.S. Naval force aviator, instructor captain, examination aviator, and also trainer examination fly. Throughout his profession, Cassada has collected much more than 4,000 tour hours in over fifty different airplane as well as has actually been actually awarded a variety of army and civilian awards.Cassada earned a degree coming from White Bear Lake Region Senior High School in Minnesota in 1991 and also got his bachelor's in Natural science in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station study and also functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.