NASA originally commissioned these retro travel-style posters for an exhibit about their Journey To Mars program at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex.

NASA Mars Recruitment Posters

NASA’s ongoing multimedia exhibit Journey to Mars: Explorer’s Wanted at the Kennedy Space Center, was accompanied by a series of eight illustrators posters.

Now, NASA has made these beautiful versions available as high-res images to everyone online.

Explorers Wanted on the Journey to Mars
Hike the solar system’s largest canyon, Valles Marineris on Mars, where you can catch blue sunsets in the twilight, and see the two moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) in the night sky.

Work the Night Shift on Martian Moon Phobos
Night owls welcome! If you lived on Mars’ moon Phobos, you’d have an office with a view, mining for resources with Mars in the night sky. Settlers below on Mars would see Phobos rise and set not once, but twice in one day!

Farmers Wanted for Survival on Mars
Got a green thumb? This one’s for you! In space, you can grow tomatoes, lettuce, peas, and radishes just like you would find in your summer garden. New ways of growing fresh food will be needed to keep brave explorers alive.

Surveyors Wanted to Explore Mars and its Moons
Have you ever asked the question, what is out there? So have we! That curiosity leads us to explore new places like Mars and its moons, Phobos and Deimos. Just what lies beyond the next valley, canyon, crater, or hill is something we want to discover with rovers and with humans one day too.

Teach on Mars and its Moons
Learning is out of this world! Learning can take you places you’ve never dreamed of, including Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos. No matter where we live, we can always learn something new, especially with teacher-heroes who guide us on our path, daring us to dream and grow!

Technicians Wanted to Engineer our Future on Mars
People with special talents will always be in demand for our Journey To Mars. Whether repairing an antenna in the extreme environment of Mars, or setting up an outpost on the moon Phobos, having the skills and desire to dare mighty things is all you need.

Assembly Required to Build Our Future on Mars and its Moons
Are you someone who can put things together, solving challenges to ensure survival? Dare to forge our future with space-age tools – build spaceships to carry us to Mars and back, and habitats to protect us while we’re there.

We Need You
We need many things for our Journey To Mars, but one key piece is YOU!

You may download the full-size posters here and provide the files to your local print shop or you can print them out for non-commercial use.

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NASA continues to surprise me with much of their impressive sense of design. Last year NASA’s JPL commissioned nine artists, designers, and illustrators to design 14 posters for a Visions of The Future calendar. You can also download high-res versions of those here.

Credits: NASA /KSC

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