Marvin The Martian and Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers Prepare for Upcoming NASA Missions to Mars.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Entertainment & Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003 Warner Bros. Consumer Products Commissioned by TEAM DELTA to Design Out-Of-This-World Patches Featuring the Beloved Space Traveling Looney Tunes Characters This is the complete list of Looney Tunes characters organised after the year of their first appearance. Note: The more famous or noteworthy Looney Tunes characters are listed in bold. Marvin The Martian This page is about the cartoon character. See Marv The Marsh for the English rapper. Marvin the Martian (or Marvin Martian) is a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons. and Daffy Duck (as the fearless Duck Dodgers) will be showcased on official 1st Space Launch Squadron patches for two NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Mars Exploration Rover Missions this summer. The special patches will act as the defining logo and will be worn by TEAM DELTA crews, comprising members from NASA, the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. , and Boeing. Additionally, they will be found in the mission control booth and at the Air Force 1SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) See laser sintering and 3D printing. launch pad, and will be carried on mission control and launch pad crew suits, jackets, and mugs. The Delta rockets will send the Mission Exploration Rover (MER mer Among the Cheremi and Udmurt peoples of Russia, a sacred grove where people of several villages gathered periodically to hold religious festivals and sacrifice animals to nature gods. ) on special research operations to study the Red Planet, which the delightfully droll Marvin calls home. "Daffy Duck and Marvin The Martian struck us as such a perfect fit, capturing the fun and adventurous spirit of these important explorations, that we were delighted to be able to include them as honorary members of the team," said Captain David Krambeck of TEAM DELTA. "Well said," added Daffy Duck, who plays the courageously cowardly Duck Dodgers on Cartoon Network's new original series from Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Animation is the animation division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. One of the most successful animation studios in American media history, Warner Bros. , debuting this summer. "And check out the spiffy outfits." Representatives from the Air Force working with Warner Bros. Consumer Products created the official patch designs for both the Mars-A and Mars-B missions, one patch featuring Marvin The Martian saluting the Mars Rover and the other, Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers posed proudly with the American flag. The first launch is scheduled for June 8th, and the second launch will be slated for June 25th. "It is exciting that our characters, which for so many years have been associated with space adventures in the animated world, should now have a chance to become part of a real and important space exploration," said Jordan Sollitto, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. "We are thrilled about teaming up with NASA on these exciting missions and are looking forward to giving our characters the opportunity to touch down upon the Red Planet." "More accurately, the planet is an understated fiery umber umber: see ocher. ," Marvin interjected. "I know." About Warner Bros. Consumer Products Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world. LOONEY TUNES, characters, names, and all related indicia are trademarks of and (C) Warner Bros. Note: Photos available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.060203/bb10 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.060203/bb10a |
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