The Mission IV uniform takes its cues straight from the engineering marvels that got us into space, and allow us to charge on into the perils of the unknown. It pulls elements from three different celestial projects to create a one-of-a-kind look. The helmet stripe is a nod to the blueprints of the Orion space craft, that is designed to carry humans back into space beyond the moon, to asteroids and potentially Mars. The shoulders display the Directional Flight Guidance system which was used by NASA on the shuttle project. The pants display the pattern of the Arecibo Observatory that UCF [in an agreement with the National Science Foundation] operates and manages in Puerto Rico. Arecibo is one of the largest fully operational radio telescopes in the world. Additionally, the circular navigation grid on the pants and the patch represents the UCF campus, with elements pulled directly from the campus map.