Editing Jon McBride (section)

===Kennedy Space Center and retirement===
By 2008, McBride was retired and living near [[Cocoa, Florida]]. According to a short interview on September 20, 2017, during a "Meet an Astronaut" event, he was also actively working on improving the Space Shuttle Experience ride. He had proposed to assist in the development of a landing sequence for the ride.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/f_launchexp.html|title=NASA – Space Shuttle Launch Experience|last=KSC|first=Jeff Stuckey|website=www.nasa.gov|language=en|access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=July 30, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050730004244/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/f_launchexp.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Tapscott, Sean. Personal interview with Jon A. McBride. September 20, 2017.</ref> McBride remained active supporting the "Lunch with an Astronaut" program at Kennedy Space Center until 2020 when he announced his retirement from duty at the visitors complex.<ref>{{cite news|title=NASA astronaut Jon McBride retires from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex|first1=Emre|last1=Kelly|publisher=Florida Today|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2020/01/10/nasa-astronaut-jon-mcbride-retires-kennedy-space-center/4434856002/|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=January 16, 2023|archive-date=January 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117013743/https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2020/01/10/nasa-astronaut-jon-mcbride-retires-kennedy-space-center/4434856002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-16/travel/kennedy.space.center.tourism_1_shuttle-astronauts-shuttle-launch-experience-international-space-station?_s=PM:TRAVEL|title=Astronaut encounters at Kennedy Space Center|last=Ogintz|first=Eileen|date=March 16, 2009|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=May 8, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312182054/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-16/travel/kennedy.space.center.tourism_1_shuttle-astronauts-shuttle-launch-experience-international-space-station?_s=PM:TRAVEL|archive-date=March 12, 2012}}</ref>

On September 23, 2011, the NASA [[Independent Verification and Validation Facility]] (IV&V) in [[Fairmont, West Virginia]], dedicated a NASA software laboratory to McBride, a West Virginia native. The laboratory's official name is the Jon McBride Software Testing and Research Laboratory, or JSTAR. JSTAR is NASA IV&V's environment for adaptable testing and simulation, designed to enhance tools and methods used to critically assess mission and safety critical software across NASA's missions. The lab supports end-to-end testing on mission flight software through the application of analytical rigor to reduce the threat of software-related mission failure.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jon McBride Software Testing and Research (JSTAR) |url=https://www.nasa.gov/jon-mcbride-software-testing-and-research-jstar/ |publisher=NASA |access-date=August 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New NASA Software Laboratory in West Virginia Named in Honor of Former Astronaut Jon A. McBride |url=https://spacenews.com/new-nasa-software-laboratory-in-west-virginia-named-in-honor-of-former-astronaut-jon-a-mcbride/ |website=[[SpaceNews]] |access-date=August 10, 2024 |date=September 22, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Obituary" />