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which includes elements representing NASA’s space and aeronautics missions, became the official logo of the United States’ new space agency in 1959. A simplified version of NASA’s formal ...

And, although you'd think the space agency's logo is ... How NASA went to space68 'The worm' In-house designer James Modarelli, was originally asked to create a simplified version of the agency's ...

House of van Schneider has designed the branding for NASA's 2020 mission to send a ... wings has been updated and flipped to be a simplified logo for Rolls-Royce. "Things like the size of the ...

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 ...

This photo montage shows how NASA's DC-X reusable rocket prototype launched and landed vertically during trials in 1993. Logo of the DC ... DC-X was designed as a simplified demonstration vehicle ...

NASA originally planned to announce that it was bringing its iconic "worm" logo back on Wednesday, but the agency was afraid people would take it as an April Fools' Day joke. Happily, it most ...

[Image: NASA] The question is, why? Why does a logo that was only in use for 17 years—and was retired for 28—have such staying power? It comes down to three components: its removal, its design ...

But the NASA administrator in 2020, Jim Bridenstine, thought that bringing the worm back could inspire people who grew up with that version as the logo. And its use could also inspire an ...

Decades after sending it to design purgatory, the space agency celebrates a logo it still calls the worm. Credit... Supported by By Kenneth Chang Last month, NASA welcomed Richard Danne to its ...

was originally asked to create a simplified version of the agency's official seal in 1959. The insignia, is just one of three to be used by the agency - with their official seal more common for formal ...