.Oct. 1, 2024.Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Relinquish NASA.NASA astronaut Josh Cassada resigned Oct. 1, after 11 years of company to the organization around a number of programs, featuring 157 times in space and 3 spacewalks. Cassada likewise is actually a retired United States Navy captain and naval flyer with much more than two decades of solution.Cassada worked as fly of NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 mission as well as Expedition 68 tour designer aboard the International Space Station, carrying out myriad routine maintenance, backup, and also upgrade tasks inside the terminal while also contributing to numerous experiments and innovation demonstrations. His three spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory totted much more than 21 hours, effectively putting in a pair of International Spaceport station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station's electrical ability. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, likewise put together the commercial infrastructure for a future IROSA setup and also totally repaired a malfunctioning legacy sun array." I intend to expand my genuine Thanksgiving to Josh for his dedication as well as company to human room expedition," stated NASA Johnson Space Center Supervisor Vanessa Wyche. "Josh's payments and accomplishments to the advancement of science and expedition are going to motivate the future generation of travelers, the Artemis generation, and also advantage humanity for decades to follow.".Throughout Exploration 68, Cassada as well as his crewmates accomplished substantial analytic along with ground crews, featuring the adjustment of the SpaceX Dragon space capsule to suit an additional workers participant in case of an emergency situation profits, as well as leveraged the workers's numerous capability as well as training to guarantee continuing risk-free and also successful procedures for existing as well as potential staffs.In Houston, Cassada worked as a capsule communicator in NASA's Objective Control Center and aide to the chief of the Rocketeer Workplace for spaceport station functions. As a physicist as well as examination fly, Cassada also brought about the advancement of NASA's Commercial Crew Course and also Orion space capsule and also exemplified the Astronaut Workplace in technological as well as operational assessments of scientific experiments including the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as well as Cold Weather Atom Laboratory." Josh has played a significant role in NASA's saving of reputable and affordable human transport to and from the space station," pointed out Rule Knight, director of flight operations at NASA Johnson. "Through his commitment and also dedication to individual spaceflight expedition, Josh's work will definitely continue to drive our team ahead on our quest back to the Moon, and also beyond. Our company will miss him and also are actually excited to see what his next trip entails.".As he transitions from government service, Cassada will certainly come back to the economic sector, servicing exceptionally reduced light diagnosis modern technologies with wide and surfacing applications in a variety of areas, consisting of quantum networks and also computing, distant picking up, long-range interaction, semiconductor production, and medical image resolution." I am actually exceptionally grateful for my many options here at NASA," Cassada mentioned, "and especially to have actually offered together with several of one of the most incredible individuals both on as well as off our planet, performing traits that are simply feasible when our team work and also innovate together as a team. As human beings, our company check out. And also each scientific adventure, whether in a laboratory on Earth or precede, calls for tenacity to discover and develop culture. I am unbelievably blessed to have actually been actually encompassed through explorers in the course of my entire profession up until now as well as moving forward. A trip might appear complicated, yet it's a lot much less thus when you are actually equipped and also with the best crewmates.".Just before his collection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA's 21st Course, Cassada gained his doctoral in High Energy Particle Natural Science coming from the Educational Institution of Rochester, The Big Apple and also was actually an USA Naval force pilot, trainer fly, examination fly, and also teacher test captain. Throughout his career, Cassada has built up more than 4,000 tour hrs in over 50 different plane as well as has actually been actually granted several military as well as private honors.Cassada finished coming from White Bear Lake Region Secondary School in Minnesota in 1991 and also obtained his bachelor's in Physics in 1995 coming from Albion College in Michigan.Learn more regarding International Space Station research and operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Courtney BeasleyJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov.