Achievers

NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma has unveiled a student design to serve as the official logo for the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory science mission. OU College of Law first-year student Joshua H. Cole was named winner of the $595 prize in the GeoCarb Logo Contest.

"I am consistently impressed with the talents of OU students," said Berrien Moore, OU vice president for Weather and Climate Programs. "We showed the top 10 logos to the NASA Review board, and they could not believe the quality.”

Cole's design was selected for demonstrating creativity, uniqueness and outstanding representation of the GeoCarb science mission.

The GeoCarb logo features a bold scene in space, depicting the process of a satellite flying over North America. The modern style and shape of the logo invoke the imagery of a spaceflight mission patch typically worn by astronauts and mission personnel. Additionally, the design comes together with the iconic OU crimson to accurately express the collaborative element of the mission.

A nine-year, OU-led, $161 million NASA contract, GeoCarb is a first-of-its-kind Earth science mission that will extend the nation's lead in measuring key carbon-based greenhouse gases and vegetation health from space to advance understanding of Earth's natural exchanges of carbon between land, atmosphere and ocean, a news release stated.

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