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Summary

DescriptionNASA seal.svg	English: This is the official NASA seal, originally designed in 1958 by illustrators at the NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center and put forward by James Modarelli, the head of NASA Lewis' Research Reports Division. The seal was officially adopted by executive order in November 1959. The yellow and white spheres represent a planet and an orbiting body; the blue starfield represents space; the red chevron represents aeronautics (based on an advanced supersonic wing model being tested at Langley); and the white orbital curve emerging from the yellow planet represents space travel. An overview of the development of the design, along with references to more detailed and precise sources, can be found in Chapter 6 of Emblems of Exploration.
Date	27 November 1959
Source	Great Images in NASA Description Source: NASA Official website, [1], page 65 and [2]. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by NativeForeigner using CommonsHelper.
Author	The original uploader was VargkloatEnglish Wikipedia.
Permission (Reusing this file)	Use of the NASA seal is governed by 14 CFR 1221.
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This vector image was created with Inkscape, or with something else.

Licensing

This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy pageorJPL Image Use Policy.)

Warnings:

Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI.[3] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [4]
Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [5]
The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

Original upload log

The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.

2009-12-03 19:39 Zscout370 271×272× (67659 bytes) SVG cleanup
2009-12-03 19:29 Zscout370 271×272× (220153 bytes) update from http://grcpublishing.grc.nasa.gov/graphics/meatball.cfm
2007-09-07 05:07 Vargklo 175×175× (47343 bytes) === Fair use in [[NASA]] and articles mentioning NASA === Although this image is subject to copyright, I, {{user|Vargklo}}, feel that its use in [[NASA]] and articles mentioning NASA is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: # It is being used for inf

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:15, 24 January 2014	272 × 272 (71 KB)	Hydrargyrum	added white background disc
	18:56, 29 July 2013	272 × 272 (77 KB)	Hydrargyrum	Replaced blue background with gradient fill as in Encapsulated PostScript original; fixed display order errors
	04:27, 26 February 2010	271 × 272 (66 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{BotMoveToCommons\|en.wikipedia\|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}\|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information \|Description={{en\|The official NASA seal. Source: NASA Official website, www.nasa.gov == See also== *[[:en::Image:NAS