‘It’s the final frontier’: Gainesville native selected as one of first Air Force officers in Space Force - Gainesville Times

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‘It’s the final frontier’: Gainesville native selected as one of first Air Force officers in Space Force

Donavan Moss (right) receives his certification of Air Force cyber training from Lt Col Jared Miller (left) on February 14, 2020, at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. (Photo courtesy Donavan Moss)

102420 SPACE 1 — Donavan Moss (right) receives his certification of Air Force cyber training from Lt Col Jared Miller (left) on February 14, 2020, at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. (Photo courtesy Donavan Moss)

Donavan Moss first developed an infatuation with space as a child, looking up at the stars through a telescope in his yard.