NASA Revives Retro 'Worm' Logo for Upcoming Moon Mission
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NASA is bringing back the retro "worm" logo from the 1970s for its upcoming Artemis II mission that will send astronauts around the moon.
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The worm logo was originally designed in the 1970s by Richard Danne as part of an effort to modernize NASA's visual identity.
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The logo is being painted onto the rocket boosters for Artemis II, which will be the first mission to take astronauts to lunar orbit since the Apollo program ended in the 1970s.
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The worm replaced NASA's original "meatball" logo, which was seen as too complicated and laden with Buck Rogers-esque imagery.
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The minimalist worm logo was conceived as clean, progressive design that would represent NASA's forward-looking mission more effectively.