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September 3, 2026 9:25 am
The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look

“Everyone wants to take that aircraft up now…”

For the first time in decades, NASA has rolled out one of its iconic astronaut training aircraft with a bold, new look.
The space agency debuted a new livery on one of its T-38 jets in celebration of its program to return astronauts to the Moon. The Artemis design retains nods to what made the “white rocket” immediately recognizable, but adds a new colorway and painted graphics to make clear where NASA is headed.
“This new ‘Artemis’ livery has a black and white paint scheme with blue and red stripes that separate those two paint schemes,” said Sean Brady, who proposed and designed the new livery while serving as the T-38 project pilot in NASA’s Aircraft Operations Division (AOD), part of the Flight Operations Directorate at Johnson Space Center in Houston. “The Artemis program logo in the back and a picture of the Moon is on the left and right side of the rear fuselage.”Read full article
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Source: Ars Technica

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  • Published at Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:26.
  • Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/nasa-t-38-astronaut-training-jet-gets-new-artemis-look/