NASA Introduces Flight Director's Jacket
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Mission Control 'members only': NASA flight directors don new jacket
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There have been 108 flight directors since U.S. human spaceflight began, out of which 30 are active today .
They each lead teams who work in mission control, overseeing the continuous complement of astronauts living and working on board the International Space Station .
The flight director jacket is styled after the garments that the Apollo -era astronauts wore.
The jackets are only available to present and retired U.S. flight directors.
A label inside the jacket reads, " Tough & Competent Since 1961 " Gene Kranz coined the phrase after a fire on the launch pad claimed three astronauts' lives in 1967 .
New flight directors have worked with artists to create an insignia that is displayed above the front screen in Mission Control .
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