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. A cleaner and sleeker design than the original "meatball" logo in Pantone color ...

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 ...

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.

[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 ...

NASA Engineers have just finished applying the final coat of clear over the beloved "worm" logo on the rocket boosters of the Artemis II, which marks the return of the bold red letters that best ...

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NASA has temporarily brought back its red "worm" logo as the agency and SpaceX prepare for the private space company's first-ever rocket launch with astronauts on board. The red logo, dubbed the ...

was looking for a rebranding after 15 years of the “meatball,” their colloquial nickname for the circular blue logo which showcased “NASA” surrounded by a sprinkle of stars, a flying ...

Michael D. Shaw is a biochemist and freelance writer. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and a protégé of the late Willard Libby, winner of the 1960 Nobel Prize in ...

The red, white and blue logo is NASA's oldest official identifier, even predating the agency's formal seal. Designed by James Modarelli, the then-head of the research reports division at NASA's ...

It’s a logo that a generation grew up with — a minimalist twisting of red letters that is nicknamed after terrestrial invertebrates. NASA used it from 1975, when it was introduced as part of a ...