North Korea unveils new logo for its aptly named space agency
The emblem, North Korea's year-old National Aerospace Development Administration, or NADA, bears an uncanny resemblance to NASA's insignia.
The emblem, North Korea's year-old National Aerospace Development Administration, or NADA, bears an uncanny resemblance to NASA's insignia.
North Korea's聽National Aerospace Development Administration, or NADA, has a new logo, one that looks a lot like that of NASA, right down to the blue circle, starry background, and stylized orbital path.聽
According to North Korea's state-run news agency, the insignia, which was unveiled to mark NADA's one-year anniversary, represents the agency's "character, mission, position and development prospects."
"Nada" means "nothing" in Spanish, which could be said to accurately sum up the Hermit Kingdom's achievements beyond Earth's atmosphere. Of North Korea's five attempts to reach orbit, all but one failed. The fifth attempt, an "observational satellite" launched in December 2012, reached orbit but is "tumbling out of control," according to US officials.
About eight months before that launch, foreign journalists were allowed inside the country's satellite command space center for the first time. The聽BBC's Damian Grammaticas describes the "small, unremarkable, two-storey building."