Houston Rockets
A red letter “R” shaped like a rocket ship blasting off on a black and graphite basketball planet with a wordmark “”HOUSTON ROCKETS” in white ringed around it.

Houston Rockets
2004 - 2020
In the 2003 - 2004 season, the Houston Rockets returned to their traditional Rockets red and white color scheme with a more modern, space-aged Houston Rockets logo, which depicts an "R" that takes off like a rocket ship with twin boosters. The "R" is in the middle of the wordmark "HOUSTON ROCKETS" in red.

Houston Rockets
1996 - 2004
No longer did the Houston Rockets logo feature the iconic Rockets red and gold but a new color scheme of red, white, and blue. The Houston Rockets logo included a red basketball with blue outline and a cartoon-like depiction of a rocket ship with a mouth and eyes, this logo was revealed while aboard the Space Shuttle!

Houston Rockets
1973 - 1996
The next Houston Rockets logo incorporated the same color scheme of red and gold. This time around, the logo featured a golden and orange basketball with a thick red outline. The wordmark "HOUSTON" is printed in white and the wordmark "ROCKETS" is printed in black letters across the basketball.

Houston Rockets
1972
A new logo arrived as the team moved to Houston, which featured a cartoon depiction of a basketball player wearing a red and gold uniform and spinning a yellow "NBA" basketball. The propulsion from the rocket goes into the wordmark "HOUSTON ROCKETS" in orange.

San Diego Rockets
1968 - 1971
The original Rockets logo is a blue rocket on a orange basketball in the middle of a green ring with the wordmark "san diego ROCKETS" in gold.
The Houston Rockets Logo Through the Years
The Houston rockets logo history started in 1967 with a blue rocket on an orange basketball. The 1972 “ketchup and mustard” Houston rockets logo became a fan favorite. Check out the NBA Rockets page for team vibes. Colors and rockets evolved with Houston’s spirit.
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