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michael & denise okuda Michael Okuda Graphic Designer As the Lead Graphic Designer for Star Trek, Michael Okuda has earned screen credit on more Star Trek productions than anyone except Gene Roddenberry. Michael was responsible for the control panels, computer readouts, alien written languages, and other cool stuff in Star Trek: The Next Generation through Enterprise, on Star Trek movies 4-10, and he recently served as graphics consultant on Star Trek: Picard. Other projects include graphics for the Netflix comedy Space Force, as well as The West Wing, Flight of the Intruder and The Bourne Legacy. He also consulted on Universal's Aliens Ate My Homework films, based on the beloved children's books by Bruce Coville, on Pandora, a sci-fi series for the CW, and he did motion graphics for several recent films directed by Clint Eastwood, including Sully and Richard Jewell. Michael's life-long fascination with the real space program led him to design the crew patch for the STS-125 space shuttle mission, worn by the astronauts on space shuttle Atlantis on the final servicing flight to the Hubble Space Telescope. His NASA work also includes the emblem for NASA's Flight Operations Division, which is worn by the astronauts on the shoulder of their flight suits, the project logo for the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, the Planetary Defense Office logo, and the Spaceflight Memorial Patch (with Bill Foster), which hangs on the wall of Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Other space-related work includes designs for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, The Planetary Society, Space Center Houston, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Michael currently serves as a technical advisor on the Apple TV+ space drama For All Mankind, on which he works with the writers, cast and directors to help maintain consistency in the show's technical scenes. Michael has been recognized with three Primetime Emmy nominations for Best Visual Effects and with NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal. He served as a technical consultant to Star Trek's writing staff, wrote the text for Star Trek: Ships of the Line, and with Rick Sternbach is coauthor of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. Michael graduated from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa with a bachelor's degree in communications and is a member of the Art Directors Guild, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Visual Effects Society, and is an affiliate member of the Manned Spaceflight Operations Association, an organization of real-life NASA flight controllers and flight directors. Mike thinks science is the coolest thing ever and he really wants to be the first Graphic Artist in space. lifetime achievement award