Josh Cassada | |
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| Born | Josh Aaron Cassada July 18, 1973 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | Albion College (BA) University of Rochester (MA, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 157d 10h 1m |
| Selection | NASA Group 21 (2013) |
Total EVAs | 3 |
Total EVA time | 21h 24m |
| Missions | SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 68) |
Mission insignia |   |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Thesis | A Search for New Particles Decaying into tt̄ Pairs (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Tipton |
Josh Aaron Cassada (born July 18, 1973) is an American physicist, test pilot, and former NASA astronaut. Prior to his selection to join NASA in 2013, Cassada served as a test pilot in the US Navy, and has over 3,500 hours in more than 40 aircraft, and 23 combat missions. In August 2018, Cassada was selected for CTS-1, the first operational mission of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner,[1][2][3] but subsequently reassigned to SpaceX Crew-5.
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- ^ Dunbar, Brian (August 7, 2017). "NASA's Newest Astronauts Complete Training". NASA. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
- ^ Potter, Sean (August 3, 2018). "NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft". NASA. Retrieved September 28, 2018.