Parkinson serves as NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lead for Launch Integration and Mission Operations, guiding engineers responsible for monitoring the rocket during testing, pre-launch, and launch activities. NASA’s Doug Parkinson is the Launch Integration and Mission Operations lead for the SLS (Space Launch System) Program. Parkinson is the first person to hold the Launch Integration and Mission Operations leadership position in the SLS Program. When the Artemis II astronauts fly by the Moon, soaring within just a few thousand miles of the lunar surface, they will do so having been launched on a rocket Parkinson helped develop. Doug Parkinson Launch Integration and Mission Operations Lead for the SLS (Space Launch System) Program“I have goosebumps just thinking about it,” he said.