How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo - The New York Times

A delightful ode to a once-divisive design.

How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo - The New York Times

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Light Years Ahead | The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer - YouTube

This video was in my “Watch Later” queue for ages but I finally got ‘round to watching it this weekend. It’s ace! Great content, great narrative, great delivery—would’ve made a good dConstruct talk.

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Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Stars: The True Story of a Real Rocket Man with G.A. “Jim” Ogle

I listen to a lot of podcast episodes. The latest episode of the User Defenders podcast (which is very different from the usual fare) is one of my favourites—the life and times of a NASA engineer working on everything from Apollo to the space shuttle.

You know how they say it doesn’t take a rocket scientist? Well, my Dad is one. On a recent vacation to Florida to celebrate his 80th birthday, he spent nearly three hours telling me his compelling story.

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NASA GeneLab

A beautiful website for ISS-based biology experiments.

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IXS Enterprise (IXS-110) - an album on Flickr

Design fiction from a NASA scientist.

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Updating GOV.UK’s crown - Inside GOV.UK

“Make the logo bi… exactly the same size.”

You know when a new boss takes over a company and the first thing they do is declare an immediate rebranding? It turns out that the monarchy has been doing that for generations.

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