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Josh A. Cassada

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AMERICAN RETIRED
Career
Time in space
157 d 10 h
Spacewalks
3
21 h 24 m outside
Flights
1
1 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
American
Born
18 Jul 1973
First flight
05 Oct 2022
Most recent flight
05 Oct 2022
Type
Government
Biography

Josh Aaron Cassada is an American physicist, test pilot, and 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. In 2021 he was reassigned to a SpaceX Crew-5 flight aboard Crew Dragon spacecraft due to lengthy delays with Starliner program.

Flight log

Flights

1 TOTAL
No.FlightDate
01Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-505 Oct 2022
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2 Last checked 29 Sept 2026
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