[Publius]

...or it encountered a time warp.

[VOA]

...or it encountered a time warp.

This is actually brilliant PR.
At one stroke, NASA gets the Star Trek crowd and the Rocky Horror Picture Show fans.

Now I won't be suprised if I see that Sean What's-His-Name of NASA decked out in
Frank-n-furter garb and leading all those NASA/JPL braniacs at Pasadena
in a chorus of "Let's do the time warp again!"