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Make It So!
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NASA is a high-tech space agency but even astronauts and engineers need to cut loose with some wild mission posters. If you're on a mission to the International Space Station (Expedition 21), you can't go wrong with a reference to the famed outer space T
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First Beagle on the Moon
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This famous comic-strip dog needs no introduction. Longtime fans of NASA will remember that he provided the nickname for the Apollo 10 lunar module. Good grief! (Hint: It’s Snoopy.)
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3. The Star Quidditch Team Has New Uniforms
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Fans of a certain boy wizard and his magical pals will recognize the inspiration for this poster commemorating the STS-124 mission. Despite all his magic, Harry Potter never did reach space, though
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You Are Not Spock
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This shuttle mission (STS-134) can't go wrong with a poster parodying a movie reboot of the 1960s cult hit "Star Trek."
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Jonesing For It
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This poster for shuttle mission STS-119 invokes a swashbuckling archeologist and his search for a crystal skull. Does the shuttle crew hate snakes? More to the point, will Harrison Ford be back for the inevitable sequel?
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6. Able to Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound
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A comic book cover makes a fine setting for the launch of mission STS-121, NASA’s second return to flight mission. Vrooom! This mission launched in July 2006.
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On (the Shuttle) Deck
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The Houston Astros and their namesake astronauts combine as naturally as peanuts and crackerjacks in this tribute to America's national pastime for the STS-132 mission poster. This mission is due to launch in Summer 2010, as one of NASA’s final three shut
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An Ensemble Cast
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A one-sheet for a star-studded sequel to a remake of a 1960 "Rat Pack" caper film Oceans Eleven gets the NASA treatment for STS-125, the last ever shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, which launched in May 2009.
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9. Is This the Crew of the Nebuchadnezzar?
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Fans of a particular futuristic science-fiction film series will recognize the significance of this poster for Expedition 16, a six-month mission to the International Space Station in 2007 (Astronaut Peggy Whitson (center) was commander. Where’s Keanu? Wh
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Hey, Why Am I Mr. Pink?
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The International Space Station’s Expedition 23 astronauts pick their signature colors in this mimicking of the poster for the film Reservoir Dogs. They don't call each other by colors in space though. Harvey Keitel is cringing right now.
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11. What's So Funny About Peace, Globes, and the Moon Landing?
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NASA sends you holiday greetings here with a look at the Earth, the moon, world peace and the agency’s logo. (Apparently a bumper sticker of this image was also produced.) The logo has an odd nickname too. Some call it a "meatball."
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Are They Going to Blow Up an Asteroid?
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STS-131 is slated to launch this spring to stock up the International Space Station, not to allow Bruce Willis to blow up an asteroid.
