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Mars Flag: Meaning and History

Embroidered flag patch — Mars

History of the flag

The Mars flag was designed in 1998 by NASA Administrator Thomas O. Paine.

Now the unofficial emblem of Mars exploration, the flag embodies dreams of space conquest and a new world.

What do the elements of the flag mean?

  • Red represents Mars as we know it today : cold, arid and inhospitable.

  • Green symbolizes the terraforming process planned to make Mars habitable.

  • Blue evokes a distant future where Mars has become a living, Earth-like planet.

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