JA 'Blue' Cassada - 18.07.1973

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Josh Aaron 'Blue' Cassada został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 21 (2013).

Jest 591. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Odbył 1 lot kosmiczny:
05.10.2022-12.03.2023 Crew Dragon SpaceX Crew-5  Endurance C210 F2 157:10:01:12

Wykonał 3 spacery kosmiczne, które trwały w sumie 21h 24m

https://www.nasa.gov/people/josh-cassada/

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/cassada_josh.htm
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/c/cassada-j.php

https://mek.kosmo.cz/bio/usa/00591.htm
https://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/cassada-josh-aaron.html
https://www.astronaut.ru/index/in_pers2/13_21nf017.htm
https://www.april12.eu/usaastron/cassada591ru.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_A._Cassada

C-5 https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=4790.msg170158#msg170158

Astronaut at a Glance: Josh Cassada (2015)

18 juillet
Joyeux anniversaire (51) à @astro_josh 🎂🎂🎂
(1 vol pour le moment : Crew-5 / Expedition 68 en 2022-2023 soit 157 jours 10 heures 01 minute dans l'espace dont dans le vide spatial en 3 EVA)

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1813696429363261450
2023 https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1681183266525835266

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Z dniem 01.10.2024 astronauta  zrezygnował z pracy w NASA.
Jest pierwszym, który opuścił swoją grupę.

After 11 years of service to the agency, @NASA_Astronauts Josh Cassada retired from @NASA.
Cassada logged 157 days in space, completed three spacewalks, and significantly contributed to the agency's mission and the exciting future of human spaceflight. 🚀 https://go.nasa.gov/4ennbOP

https://x.com/NASA_Johnson/status/1841203694810894776

Three-time Spacewalker Josh Cassada to Retire from NASA
Johnson Space Center Office of Communications Oct 01, 2024 RELEASE J24-012


NASA astronaut Josh Cassada holds a roll-out solar array as he rides the Canadarm2 robotic arm during a spacewalk in support of the Expedition 68 mission aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 3, 2022.
Credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Josh Cassada retired Oct. 1, after 11 years of service to the agency across multiple programs, including 157 days in space and three spacewalks. Cassada also is a retired United States Navy captain and naval aviator with more than two decades of service.

Cassada served as pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission and Expedition 68 flight engineer aboard the International Space Station, executing myriad maintenance, contingency, and upgrade activities inside the station while also contributing to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations. His three spacewalks outside of the orbiting laboratory totaled more than 21 hours, successfully installing a pair of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (IROSAs) to boost the station’s electrical capacity. Cassada, alongside crewmate NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, also assembled the infrastructure for a future IROSA installation and fully restored a malfunctioning legacy solar array.

“I want to extend my sincere gratitude to Josh for his dedication and service to human space exploration,” said NASA Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche. “Josh’s contributions and achievements to the advancement of science and exploration will inspire the next generation of explorers, the Artemis generation, and benefit humanity for decades to come.”


NASA astronaut Josh Cassada poses for a portrait in his extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit on August 8, 2022.
Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

Throughout Expedition 68, Cassada and his crewmates completed extensive problem-solving with ground teams, including the modification of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to accommodate an additional crew member in the event of an emergency return, and leveraged the crew’s various skill sets and training to ensure continued safe and effective operations for current and future crews.

In Houston, Cassada served as a capsule communicator in NASA’s Mission Control Center and assistant to the chief of the Astronaut Office for space station operations. As a physicist and test pilot, Cassada also contributed to the development of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program and Orion spacecraft and represented the Astronaut Office in technical and operational reviews of scientific experiments such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and Cold Atom Lab.

“Josh has played a significant role in NASA’s deliverance of reliable and cost-effective human transportation to and from the space station,” said Norm Knight, director of flight operations at NASA Johnson. “Through his dedication and commitment to human spaceflight exploration, Josh’s work will continue to push us forward on our journey back to the Moon, and beyond. We will miss him and are excited to see what his next journey entails.”

As he transitions from government service, Cassada will return to the private sector, working on extremely low light detection technologies with broad and emerging applications in various areas, including quantum networks and computing, remote sensing, long-range communication, semiconductor manufacturing, and medical imaging.

“I am incredibly grateful for my many opportunities here at NASA,” Cassada said, “and especially to have served alongside some of the most amazing people both on and off our planet, accomplishing things that are only possible when we work and innovate together as a team.  As humans, we explore . And each scientific adventure, whether in a lab on Earth or in space, requires courage to explore and advance society. I am incredibly fortunate to have been surrounded by explorers during my entire career so far and going forward. An expedition may seem daunting, but it’s a lot less so when you’re prepared and with the right crewmates.”

Before his selection by NASA in 2013 as a member of NASA’s 21st Class, Cassada earned his doctorate in High Energy Particle Physics from the University of Rochester, New York and was a U.S. Navy pilot, instructor pilot, test pilot, and instructor test pilot. Throughout his career, Cassada has accumulated more than 4,000 flight hours in over 50 different aircraft and has been awarded various military and civilian awards.

Cassada graduated from White Bear Lake Area High School in Minnesota in 1991 and received his bachelor’s in Physics in 1995 from Albion College in Michigan.

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/three-time-spacewalker-josh-cassada-to-retire-from-nasa/

We’re doing some exciting science up here with partners from all around the planet, but a pause over last weekend allowed @AstroDuke and me to use @esa’s GRIP experiment chair for a slightly different purpose--we even managed not to make a mess.

https://twitter.com/astro_josh/status/1586047152551522305

With the support of so many incredible people over many years, we all accomplished the mission: we left the International Space Station and human spaceflight a little better than we found it. Thank you. With that, please consider this my out-of-the-office for a while.

https://twitter.com/astro_josh/status/1634766688230023171

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Firma Quantum Opus LLC, którą Cassada założył w 2013 z Aaronem i Holly Miller, zapowiedziała powrót byłego astronauty na stanowisko szefa działu badań i rozwoju.
Quantum Opus LLC jest liderem branży w produkcji najczulszych na świecie systemy detekcji światła w oparciu o technologię pojedynczych fotonów.

Illuminating the Future: Veteran Astronaut Josh Cassada to Lead Research, Development for World's Most Sensitive Light Detection Technology
PR Newswire Tue, October 15, 2024 at 4:15 PM GMT+2

DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Opus LLC, the industry leader in producing the world's most sensitive light detection systems through single-photon technology, has announced the return of astronaut Dr. Josh Cassada as head of research and development.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/illuminating-future-veteran-astronaut-josh-141500832.html
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002616.html

So grateful to the men and women who make human space flight happen — and who helped this Midwesterner make my contribution. But now it’s time to hang up the space boots (or just let ‘em float there) and embark on a different kind of exploration. I’m incredibly honored to have served @NASA and the @USNavy.

https://twitter.com/astro_josh/status/1846184585186398395

So fired up to be part of the Quantum Opus team (http://quantumopus.com), changing the world. One photon at a time.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/illuminating-future-veteran-astronaut-josh-141500832.html
This is not a lightsaber. Well, kinda.

https://twitter.com/astro_josh/status/1846987696260239408

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Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969
18 juillet

Joyeux anniversaire (52) à @astro_josh 🎂🎂🎂
(1 vol : Crew-5 / Expedition 68 en 2022-2023 soit 157 jours 10 heures 01 minute dans l'espace dont dans le vide spatial en 3 EVA)

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1945967749328765344