posted 12-03-2025 04:02 PM               

NASA reveals 'America 250' logo on rocket launching astronauts to the moon

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of the upcoming Artemis II mission to the moon, recently remarked that flying during the United States' 250th anniversary has definitely got him and his crew "fired up."

Wiseman was referring to the excitement that their flight is adding to the already milestone year, but as it turns out, he could have been speaking literally. As NASA revealed this week, the two side-mounted motors that will provide the majority of the thrust during the Artemis II crew's launch have been adorned with the nation's logo marking the 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

posted 01-01-2026 04:53 PM               

NASA moon rockets projected full size onto Washington Monument for America's 250th

The towering image of a full-size Saturn V moon rocket returned to the face of the Washington Monument on New Year's Eve, this time to mark 250 years since the founding of the United States.

The iconic black and white booster, along with other scenes from NASA and U.S. history, were projected onto the obelisk — the tallest landmark in the nation's capital — as a special "birthday candle" for the country. The "Illumination of America," as the show was titled according to the White House, marked only the second time in history that the 555-foot-tall (169-meter) Washington Monument has been been lit as such.

posted 01-14-2026 05:26 PM               

Astronaut Suni Williams says when she looked at America while in orbit, she thought of the innovation behind the U.S. space program. She wonders "where we as a country will be" in the next 250 years.