NASA brings back its iconic “worm” logo to mark return of human spaceflight

NASA originally planned to announce that it was bringing its iconic "worm" logo back on Wednesday, but the agency was afraid people would take it as an April Fools' Day joke. In 1976, as the agency sought to move beyond Apollo into the "modern" era with its nascent space shuttle, it created a new logo with NASA spelled out in a unique type style.

However, this "worm" logo was nevertheless retired in 1992, as NASA reverted to the meatball under the leadership of then-administrator Dan Goldin. NASA will continue to employ the meatball as its primary symbol, but the agency says it is assessing how and where the worm will be used.

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