2012-01-06
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A NASA mockup of the lunar module from 1964. It’s reasonably similar to the finished article.
(via hammerandcode)
2011-08-03
NASA: Something is missing
- (Richard Danne quotes NASA’s Administrator, Dr. James Fletcher, and Deputy Administrator, Dr. George Low, having the following exchange)
- Fletcher: I’m simply not comfortable with those letters, something is missing.
- Low: Well, yes, the cross stroke is gone from the letter A.
- Fletcher: Yes, and that bothers me.
- Low: Why?
- Fletcher: (long pause) I just don’t feel we are getting our money’s worth!
2011-07-22
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Station Crew Views Shuttle Landing:
This unprecedented view of the space shuttle Atlantis, appearing like a bean sprout against clouds and city lights, on its way home, was photographed by the Expedition 28 crew of the International Space Station. Airglow over Earth can be seen in the background.
2011-07-20
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Three NASA posters from the 1980s, Going To Work In Space, from Danne and Blackburn at the AIGA Design Archives.
2011-07-19
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NASA Graphic Standards Manual and applications, at the AIGA Design Archives.
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NASA 1976 Identity Guidelines - Reproduction Art of the logotype. Lovely. (I worry about how much this book costs, if it’s even available, but it’s next to the BR and TfL design guidelines in Things I Would Like To Own.)
2011-07-03
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2011-06-17
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NASA never placed their logotype on the Vehicle Assembly Building, but they did use the same designer’s American Bicentennial logo, which survived until 1992.
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The NASA Logotype standards manual.
The logotype was designed by Bruce N. Blackburn, and used from 1975 to 1992, when, shamefully, Daniel Goldin, then NASA Administrator, reverted to the previous design.
In Creative Review’s recent Logos issue, it was the only entry in the top 20 that was no longer in use.
