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The worm is back. NASA’s sleek and wavy logo from the 1970s is set to make its return on a SpaceX Falcon 9 scheduled to launch in May – the first to carry astronauts to the International Space ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) 1970s "worm" logo will head to orbit once more in 2020.
NASA's two logos—the "worm" and the "meatball"—have gained fans over the decades. People at the agency often favor the "meatball" or the "worm." Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo.
The "worm," NASA's former logo that was retired 30 years ago, has taken over the first mission to fly astronauts to orbit from a U.S.-based launchpad in nearly a decade.
NASA's famous red "worm" logo has been mothballed since 1992, but it's about to make a glorious return to service just in time for the critical crewed SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International ...
The new NASA administrator at the time, Dan Goldin, allegedly didn’t like the worm and wanted to bring back the meatball as the primary logo. According to Danne, it was quickly phased out.
NASA’s timeless “worm” logo is back. The NASA logo was introduced in the mid-70s, retired in 1992, and then brought back — only for a while — in 2020. Now, it’s back for good.
NASA has revived a classic logo and will use it again for the upcoming SpaceX Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. The red, … ...
The "worm" is back in at NASA — sort of. Twenty-five years after the space agency unceremoniously retired the worm, its simple but iconic logotype, in favor of returning to its original 1958 ...
It was designed for NASA in the 1970s, and it hasn’t been back to space since the 1990s. But in 2020, it will head to orbit once more. We’re talking about “the worm.” It’s a logo that a ...
The worm endures, even though NASA dumped it more than 30 years ago, returning to “the meatball” — its original logo, with a blue circle, stars, an elliptical orbit trail and a swoosh ...
The worm is back. NASA’s sleek and wavy logo from the 1970s is set to make its return on a SpaceX Falcon 9 scheduled to launch in May – the first to carry astronauts to the International Space ...