Logo and background colors are strictly regulated and derivations of the traditional insignia – such as an item spelling out “NERD” rather than “NASA” on the “meatball” logo – are ...

Logo and background colors are strictly regulated and derivations of the traditional insignia — such as an item spelling out “NERD” rather than “NASA” on the “meatball” logo — are ...

Back in April 2020, NASA announced that it was bringing back ‘The Worm’, the fabled 1970s-era logo that graced some of the most significant space expeditions of the decade. In those days, the agency’s ...

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.

Plus, a sold-out tumbler honoring the Crew 6 mission jointly run by NASA and SpaceX this year has the worm, featuring the logo in bright white against a gray background.

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 ...

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, and what it represents beyond NASA.

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.

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.