![]() Astronauts may be the best-known NASA employees, but they only represent a small number of the total workforce. The combined workforce represents a wide variety of jobs. Those people are hired by companies that NASA pays to do work for it. ![]() Many more people work with the agency as government contractors. The agency has nine centers, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and seven test and research facilities located in several states around the country. NASA’s Headquarters is in Washington, D.C. The agency also involves students in NASA missions to help them get excited about learning. NASA offers training to help teachers learn new ways to teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics. NASA has a tradition of investing in programs and activities that inspire and engage students, educators, families and communities in the excitement and discovery of exploration. They will be the adventurers who will continue the exploration of the solar system and universe in the years to come. NASA’s Education Office helps teachers to prepare the students who will be the engineers, scientists, astronauts and other NASA workers of the future. For example, companies can use NASA discoveries to create new “spin-off” products. The agency shares what it learns, so that its information can make life better for people all over the world. In addition to those major missions, NASA does many other things. NASA is also beginning a new program to send humans to explore beyond the moon to Mars. New developments improve air travel and other aspects of flight. Space probes study the solar system, and beyond. Satellites help scientists learn more about Earth. Astronauts in orbit conduct scientific research. But most probably have no idea about how many different things the agency does. Many people know something about NASA’s work. I'm fairly certain about the Orion and Cygnus, alas, I fail to clearly recognize the group of stars on the bottom right of the logo.The NASA logo is painted on the outside of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where spacecraft are prepared for launch. They all appear to be constellations that would appear on the Northern hemisphere night skies at least during some parts of the year (Orion for example isn't always visible or is too low on horizon at times), but they certainly don't represent the Summer Triangle between Deneb in Cygnus, Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila. Otherwise, there is no exactly such constellations or a groups of stars in the night's sky that would follow the triangle that the three groups on the logo represent. Bottom right one is a tricky one but might be the part of Andromeda with the Andromeda Galaxy, or the part of Lyra with Vega, or more likely - simply some randomly painted stars.Notice that it closely follows the shape of a swan in flight, albeit the apparent magnitude and position of other stars again seems rather random. Bottom left one is Cygnus (Swan), the bottom brightest star is Deneb.Notice the Three Kings in the Orion's Belt and the Orion Nebula (M42) in the Orion's Sword. Top one is Orion (Hunter), left brightest star is Rigel.The circular orbit around theĪnd Wikipedia on NASA insignia adds that the red chevron is in the alternate shape of the constellation Andromeda.Īs for constellations, they're highly stylized and not drawn to scale or apparent magnitude of stars and galaxies in constellations, but I'll go by what I recognize: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Theĭesign incorporates references to different aspects of the mission of The round red, white and blue insignia, nicknamed the "meatball," wasĭesigned by employee James Modarelli in 1959, NASA's second year. The agency's official insignia is probably its best-known symbol. From the wing of the space shuttle to the top of the NASA homepage, ![]()
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