Recently I spent some time visiting the world’s major space agency’s websites and noticed that there are similarities, intended or coincidental, between eachother’s logos and logos/symbols used in the Star Trek universe. First, here is the most familiar logo to most, NASA:
Being one of the oldest logos on the block it has been kept unchanged mostly. Notice the fire red wedge moving to the top right and the counter-clockwise rotation on the object circling it. I am not an astronomer, but it would be interesting to know what the stars or constellations are. This logo has decidedly a retro-feel to it and screams 1950s or 60s. For a while NASA was using alternatively a text only logo, with a very modern font:
Even though this logo feels more modern, it is not in use anymore. Anyway, this is just a sidetrack. Not the point I am trying to make.
Next, let’s have a look at the second largest space agency in the world, roscosmos, the russian space agency. Their logo is somewhat similar. Observe the same red wedge, even though slightly different, and no curves here. Also used is a circular or orbital element. this has a cleaner and more modern feel to it. We are seeing the same two main elements used inside a circular background:
Both NASA’s and the Russian Space Agency’s logos are decidedly familiar looking to the following, in their main elements, wedge and circle/orbit intersecting: Star Trek and the Starfleet Command Logo of the United Federation of Planets:
Who inspired who? Just coincidences? I would even think that could be the case for NASA, but for Russia?
Next let’s have a look at China’s National Space Agency. Again, we can see a wedge element, now pointing vertical and not at an angle, as well as the circular/orbital element around it:
Now here comes the interesting part. Left and right, adorning the main elements, we have the official leafy elements that ALSO appear in almost identical manner on another logo that we all know, plus the color is strikingly the same, blue:
What does this mean? Do we have some kind of underlying message here? How does China get away with this logo looking almost officially like a United Nations body? Is there more behind this? Very interesting, I say.
Finally a fourth space agency: India. This logo shows the familiar wedge, in orange now, no circular element. Instead blue squares that resemble solar panels on a satellite. Not as similar, but the wedge is strong enough to call my attention for being similar to the other logos.
All in all, I just found the similarities interesting. The most astonishing though the fact that China’s Space Agency logo looks so similar to the United Nations Logo.
So here we have all of them together:
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