LOOK: NASA discovers Star Trek insignia on Mars

Picture: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Picture: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Published Jun 14, 2019

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As Mr Spock would say, it’s a ‘highly illogical’ discovery. But it seems there really is a Star Trek insignia on the surface of Mars.

The ‘Starfleet’ emblem adorns the uniforms of Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise in the sci-fi show – and now we know it is a feature of the Red Planet, too.

Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a crescent-shaped dune imprint resembling the logo. The mission control team quipped in a tweet: ‘Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo.’

Nasa scientists said the formation began as a crescent-shaped dune that became an island in a sea of lava before the sand eventually blew away in the wind.

Caption Spotlight (12 Jun 2019): Dune Footprints in Hellas

Enterprising viewers will make the discovery that these features look conspicuously like a famous logo.

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NASA/JPL/University of Arizona #Mars #science pic.twitter.com/N5MfKQPiYt

— HiRISE (NASA) (@HiRISE) June 12, 2019

Star Trek and Nasa have a history of connections. In the 1970s, the Constitution space shuttle was renamed Enterprise after a campaign by sci-fi fans.

The term space shuttle itself is thought to have come from a craft in the show. And the Star Trek Starfleet symbol itself has a resemblance to Nasa’s own logo.

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