Özet: NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore. The America 250 emblem is now on the twin solid rocket boosters of the SLS (Uzay Launch System) rocket for Artemis II — the powerhouse that will launch a crew of four around the Ay next year. Unveiled Tuesday, the design echoes the America 250 C…
NASA is marking America’s 250th year with a bold new symbol of the nation’s relentless drive to explore.
The America 250 emblem is now on the twin solid rocket boosters of the SLS (Uzay Launch System) rocket for Artemis II — the powerhouse that will launch a crew of four around the Ay next year. Unveiled Tuesday, the design echoes the America 250 Commission’s Spirit of Innovation theme, honoring a country that has never stopped pushing the horizon forward.
At NASA’s Kennedy Uzay Center in Florida, technicians spent recent weeks carefully applying the emblem on the rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building — the same place where rockets for Apollo once stood. Engineers are running final tests on SLS and the Orion uzaycraft as preparations intensify for Artemis II.
The roughly 10-day Artemis II journey around the Ay will mark a defining moment in this new era of American exploration — paving the way for U.S. crews to land on the lunar surface and ultimately push onward to Mars.
America’s spirit of discovery is alive, and Artemis is carrying it to the Ay and beyond.
Image credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky