The University of Central Florida was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University, with the mission of supporting the growing United States space program at nearby Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Its motto, “Reach for the Stars,” represented the university’s promising aerospace education in engineering, electronics and other technological professions. UCF continues to push the frontiers of space research. The first Space Game included a special patch and helmet to go with UCF's standard uniform. The patch depicts a star cluster in the shape of a pegasus, representing the academic seal of the University. It also includes UCF's motto at the top border of the triangle, which implises the view from aboard a space ship and includes the moon and other planets, to show what we've accomplished already and what lies ahead. The helmet included a picutre of the surface of the moon sublimated in the UCF logo and included a special stripe down the center of the helmet. The stripe included constellations of a horse, bull, Orion the Hunter and the Crown.