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[i]Welcome Kinetic Flight!! Garrett Hehn took the shift for the first-time last week as NASA's 107th Flight Director! Garrett chose his team's name, Kinetic, in recognition of the team's role in taking humanity further and faster. It is a reminder of the team's responsibility to convert the potential, the product of countless hours of hard work across the globe, into forward progress. The call sign serves a challenge to seize the opportunities before us and put in motion what was once only dreamed about. During his first shift ceremony, Garrett was awarded his Flight Director pin by Milt Heflin, Sirius Flight. Milt's Flight Director Class of 1983 originally designed the emblem, and it has since been tradition for each Flight to wear the symbol in the MCC. The pinning during a first shift represents that a new Flight Director has completed their certification and earned their wings. The pin features an arrow pointing into space, representing the Flight Director pulling together the Flight Crews and Ground Support Elements (shown as two stars) to support all our Human Spaceflight Programs (the highest star). The orbit and wing symbols match the NASA seal and reflect our role during on-orbit operations and aerodynamic activities. The same arrow is reflected in Kinetic's patch; the bow wave preceding the rocket references the aerodynamic activities of launch and entry, while the orbit of the Moon takes the place of the wing. The Moon is surrounded by a family of orbits, in reference to Garrett's background as a trajectory specialist also the many destinations of Human Spaceflight missions: Earth, Moon, and Mars. Congratulations to Garrett and his family and friends who supported him in this great milestone![/i]
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