Recently, the Artemis II astronauts — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — held a press conference about their upcoming circumlunar mission. Wiseman, Glover and Koch are NASA veterans. Hansen is a Canadian astronaut for whom Artemis II is his first space flight.

The press conference had two main takeaways: Artemis II has a name and a date.

After a great deal of consideration, the crew has decided to name their Orion spacecraft the Integrity. According to Merriam Webster, Integrity means a “firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values.”

It may lack the heroic meaning of words like “Intrepid” or “Dauntless,” but in a world where moral values are often lacking, it will do for the greatest voyage of exploratio

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