{"id":17751,"date":"2020-04-03T01:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-goes-back-to-the-future-and-revives-its-formerly-forbidden-worm-logo\/"},"modified":"2020-04-03T01:45:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:45:36","slug":"nasa-goes-back-to-the-future-and-revives-its-formerly-forbidden-worm-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-goes-back-to-the-future-and-revives-its-formerly-forbidden-worm-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA goes back to the future and revives its formerly forbidden \u2018worm\u2019 logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_556616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-556616\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-556616\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/200402-nasa-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"NASA logo on rocket\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/200402-nasa-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/200402-nasa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/200402-nasa.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-556616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NASA \u201cworm\u201d logo appears on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that\u2019s due to launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft as early as next month. (SpaceX Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA is restoring a squiggly graphic representation of its acronym, known as \u201cthe Worm,\u201d to a place of prominence,&nbsp;28 years after it was consigned to the dustbin of space history.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine declared that \u201cthe worm is back\u201d today in a tweet \u2014 and revealed that it\u2019s been painted on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that\u2019s due to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as soon as next month. That demonstration mission will mark the first time U.S. astronauts have been launched to orbit from U.S. soil since the retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2011.<\/li>\n<li>The worm was born in 1975 as an alternative to NASA\u2019s original \u201cmeatball\u201d logo, which put the acronym inside a blue sphere with a spacecraft zooming around it. Not everyone was a fan: In 1992, the worm fell out of favor and was expunged from use, except on T-shirts and souvenir items. Now the worm has turned.<\/li>\n<li>NASA said officials are still assessing exactly how and where the worm will be used, and that the meatball will keep its status as the space agency\u2019s primary symbol. Today\u2019s turnabout surprised space fans: Some even suspected it was a late April Fool\u2019s prank. For the full rundown on the worm, check out Keith Cowing\u2019s post at NASA Watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA \u201cworm\u201d logo appears on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that\u2019s due to launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft as early as next month. (SpaceX Photo) NASA is restoring a squiggly graphic representation of its acronym, known as \u201cthe Worm,\u201d to a place of prominence,&nbsp;28 years after it was consigned to the dustbin of space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-17751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-nasa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}