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Expedition 21 Star Trek Poster

Exp. 21 Poster. Credit: NASA

Is NASA becoming creative, fun and hip in their old (50 plus) age? They are Tweeting and Facebook-ing
like crazy, and also getting quite adept at imaginative promotional
images. A new poster for the next Expedition crew for the International
Space Station is now available and it has a Star Trek theme. This is a
great way for NASA to capitalize on the renewed popularity of Star
Trek, while bringing the names of faces of the ISS crews to the public
in an enjoyable and entertaining way. This Expedition 21 poster is
available in downloadable versions in medium and large files (pdf).

See NASA's entire collection of mission posters here at NASA's Spaceflight Awareness page.

Check out all the ways NASA is connecting with people online here.

Hat tip to NASA Watch!

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Comments:

a great post --thank you --have checked them all out and have saved national geo to my favs for future reference

Great post! Applause to NASA! Love following them on Facebook and Twitter.
Does anyone else see the heart in the Moon close-up?
Cool!

comment by marta on June 28, 2009 1:26 PM ()

No but I did see the face on Mars.

reply by anacoana on June 29, 2009 7:56 AM ()