PHILADELPHIA – On the side of the NASA-themed helmet in this year’s U.S. Naval Academy Football Team uniform floats a painted astronaut. That astronaut isn’t just any astronaut. It’s ...

Aunapu Mann, who played varsity soccer at Navy, became a NASA astronaut in June 2013 and was launched to the International Space Station as commander of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 5.

If you look at the uniforms being worn by Navy football players this year you’ll see the old NASA “meatball” logo on their shoulders, and the NASA “worm” logo on their helmets.

BALTIMORE - The Naval Academy will pay homage to space voyagers during its biggest game of the season -- the Army-Navy game. The Midshipmen will wear NASA-themed uniforms and helmets during its ...

The helmets the U.S. Naval Academy will wear for the 2022 Army-Navy football game on Dec. 10. (Image credit: U.S. Naval Academy) The Naval Academy's NASA-inspired uniforms are white with a red ...

One side of the new helmet shows the NASA logo in front of the moon.The other side is a hand-painted picture of astronaut Bruce McCandless II, a Navy graduate, as he made the first-ever untethered ...

Navy pulled further ahead in college ... The other side of the helmet has the classic block red NASA logo. Written on the back of the helmet is, “From the sea to the stars.” ...

The Army-Navy game is Dec. 10. ... Dividing the helmet’s hemispheres is the astronaut pin as a stripe from front to back. The other side of the helmet features the NASA logo set atop the moon.

Written on the back of the helmet is, “From the sea to the stars.” The uniform’s letters and numbers are in the Helvetica font because its one that NASA has used for decades.

A long-lasting rivalry that first reached outer space almost 60 years ago is bringing NASA's history onto the football field with this year's Army-Navy Game.

It’s recognizing famed naval aviator and Navy astronaut, the late Bruce McCandless II. The NASA-themed helmet honors all Navy astronauts, but the astronaut on the spacewalk is specifically a nod ...

Several institutions and universities have unveiled space-themed uniforms in recent years; none have been represented in outer space anywhere near as much as the Naval Academy. The Naval Academy ...