Peterson’s role extended beyond his usual post at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He supported the team responsible for the live video and communication feeds for the SLS launch with the Orion crew aboard and for the crew’s Pacific Ocean splashdown. [S1]
For splashdown, Peterson operated one of six live-coverage cameras, using a high-resolution multisensor system with thermal capabilities. NASA says he used the ship’s heading and Orion’s predicted trajectory to locate the capsule within minutes, then tracked it through parachute deployment to splashdown. [S1]
The work began weeks before launch at Kennedy Space Center. Peterson helped check systems, stage communications equipment, and prepare drones and fixed-wing camera assets; on April 1, the team set up sensors, terminals, routers, monitors and fiber lines, and flew drones for crowd scenes and aerial views before liftoff. [S1]
The account documents how one operations specialist helped deliver coverage across launch and recovery; it does not quantify the effect of that coverage on audiences. Peterson attributed his readiness for 12-to-16-hour workdays to his military experience. [S1]
Source documents
- I Am Artemis: Jason Petersonhttps://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/i-am-artemis-jason-peterson/