{"id":43748,"date":"2025-09-25T19:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-crew-of-artemis-ii-will-fly-on-integrity-during-mission-to-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:24:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:24:54","slug":"the-crew-of-artemis-ii-will-fly-on-integrity-during-mission-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-crew-of-artemis-ii-will-fly-on-integrity-during-mission-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"The crew of Artemis II will fly on Integrity during mission to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first astronauts set to fly to the Moon in more than 50 years will do so in Integrity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Artemis II crew revealed Integrity<\/em> as the name of their Orion spacecraft during a news conference on Wednesday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought, as a crew, we need to name this spacecraft. We need to have a name for the Orion spacecraft that we\u2019re going to ride this magical mission on,\u201d said Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II mission.<\/p>\n

During Apollo, the previous NASA program to send astronauts to the Moon, the crews chose names to distinguish their pair of spacecraft\u2014the command and service module and the lunar module\u2014while they were in separate flights. As later vehicles, such as NASA\u2019s space shuttle orbiters and SpaceX\u2019s Dragon capsules, became reusable, names were used to help engage the public and impart a sense of character to each craft.<\/p>\n

With Artemis, Wiseman wanted a name that would not only reflect their mission but would also define their success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing together the world,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing together an amazing workforce, and they are bringing together an amazing vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Name game<\/h2>\n

As it turned out, the crew had no shortage of ideas.<\/p>\n

Sequestering themselves in the same facility where they would be quarantined before their scheduled launch in early 2026, Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, as well as their backups, Andre Douglas and Jenny Gibbons, found their integrity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had all kinds of things,\u201d Koch said in an interview. \u201cWe had sentences, phrases, we had light-hearted [monikers], we had mantras. We had names, we had geography. Everything was on the table. We really wanted it to be a completely open forum.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were names that I loved,\u201d said Wiseman, \u201cthere were names that Christina loved. We all had our little pet names.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Three<\/p>\n

The Artemis II crew (from the right): Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen pose in front of their Orion spacecraft, which they have named Integrity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Credit:
\n NASA\/Rad Sinyak<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Whole and undivided<\/h2>\n

Ultimately, Integrity<\/em> was inspired by something one of their instructors said while on a team-building trip to Iceland.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe coined this for us, and we held on to it,\u201d said Hansen, who, unlike his NASA crewmates, is a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. \u201cIt was this idea that you\u2019re not a person who has integrity, you\u2019re a person who strives to be in integrity. Sometimes you\u2019re out of integrity, and sometimes you\u2019re in your integrity. That was profound for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Glover, it boiled down to the definition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Latin root means \u2018whole.\u2019 It\u2019s a very simple concept, and it\u2019s about being whole. This crew comes together as pieces\u2014the four of us and our backups\u2014but the six of us make up a whole team. The vehicle, the pieces come together and make up a whole spacecraft,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat people anecdotally say is that integrity is what you do when no one\u2019s watching. That, and truth, honor, and integrity matter,\u201d said Glover. \u201cThere are so many layers to that name and what it means and what it inspires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Integrating Integrity<\/em><\/h2>\n

Integrity is one of the tenets of the Astronaut Code of Professional Responsibility. It is also one of the Canadian Space Agency\u2019s core values.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all strive to be in integrity all of the time, but integrity isn\u2019t an absolute that you either have or don\u2019t have,\u201d said Koch. \u201cSo this helps us give grace and build trust with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that people hearing [the name] over the 10 days of the mission appreciate all of the different things that it means, from a whole ship, a whole crew, to a wholeness and wellness that I think humanity just needs. We need to hear more of that togetherness and wholeness,\u201d said Glover.<\/p>\n

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\"Three<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Artemis II crew (from the left) Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.<\/p>\n

Credit:
\n collectSPACE.com<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Now that it has been announced, next up is for Integrity<\/em> to be used as the crew\u2019s possible call sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe waited to make sure the whole enterprise was ready for us to announce it before we even used it,\u201d said Glover. \u201cI think we\u2019ll start using it in sims: \u2018Houston, Integrity<\/em>. Integrity,<\/em> Houston.\u2019 That\u2019s the plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if someone doesn\u2019t like that, then we won\u2019t, and we can say Orion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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