EchoStar Satellite Services Names NASA Veteran as VP, Spacecraft Operations and Engineering
​Englewood, Colo., Mar. 11, 2014 -- EchoStar Corporation today announced that former NASA Flight Director Jerry Jason has joined EchoStar Satellite Services, L.L.C. (ESS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., as vice president, spacecraft operations and engineering.
“Jerry brings a wealth of spacecraft operations experience to EchoStar,” said de Bastos. “His expertise will be instrumental in strengthening and growing our operations organization as we continue to expand the EchoStar fleet.”
Jason joins ESS from the NASA Johnson Space Center, where he served 18 years in the Mission Operations Directorate. During his tenure, he was a flight controller for more than 30 Space Shuttle missions and, for the past 6 years, was a flight director for the International Space Station (ISS). As flight director, Jason was one of the few select individuals responsible for real-time operations of the ISS and successfully completed the ISS Expedition 23/24 missions and two automated transfer vehicle (ATV) resupply missions.
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