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NASA’s ’Worm’ Logo Is Making a Dramatic Comeback
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NASA’s ’Worm’ Logo Is Making a Dramatic Comeback

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Wes O'Donnell
Apr 27, 2020
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It could be called “A Tale of Two Logos”: From 1975 to 1992, NASA’s primary branding was the sleek and stylish “worm,”so named because of the connectedness of the lettering.

NASA’s original logo, known colloquially as “the meatball” was introduced a year after the agency was established in 1959, and is filled with references to space and flight, such as …

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