One of the world's best known and certainly most-traveled logos is 65 years old. The NASA insignia has adorned t-shirts and spacesuits, been reproduced 10 stories tall and reached the moon and Mars.

The “worm” served as NASA’s logo until 1992, when the “meatball” returned. The “worm” made its return on Space X’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle that flew during the Crew Demo-2 test ...

NASA's official meatball insignia was designed by James Modarelli in 1959. (Image credit: NASA) Perhaps the Crew-5 logo was a subtle nod to the fact our planet is an oblate spheroid, slightly ...

At NASA, many have picked sides for two logos that have been used on and off through the years: team “meatball” or team “worm.” The two logos, which were bestowed cute nicknames, have been ...

Next year the 'worm' turns 50 – there's room for both at the US space agency Logowatch NASA is celebrating 65 years of its iconic "meatball" logo, despite spending the best part of 17 years ...

CLEVELAND — On July 15, 2024, NASA’s logo is turning 65. The iconic symbol, known affectionately as “the meatball,” was developed at NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now called ...

NASA started using the meatball in 1959, a year after its founding. It was the logo on Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit when he stepped on the moon in 1969. The worm is a child of the ’70s.