Discovery. Challenger. Atlantis. Columbia. Endeavor. Enterprise. Those are the current shuttles. None are named after Gods, Greek or otherwise. In the early days NASA labeled missions with a combination of a mythological or astrological name – first Mercury, then Gemini, then Apollo – and a series number, but they allowed their astronauts to name the actual spacecraft. Every Mercury astronaut added the number 7 to his ship’s name to honor the team effort among its astronauts, now known as the “Original Seven.” They were: Alan B. Shepard Jr. (Freedom 7); Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (Liberty Bell 7); John H. Glenn Jr. (Friendship 7); M. Scott Carpenter (Aurora 7); Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. (Sigma 7); and L. Gordon “Gordo” Cooper Jr. (Faith 7).
:) This is really interesting. I love learning about this stuff, but haha, yeah, the article was just a fun one. The website itself is very nationalistic and their ancient Greek section was a poorly written bummer. Was hoping for a new RSS feed but this was the only article I saw that looked remotely interesting.
Discovery. Challenger. Atlantis. Columbia. Endeavor. Enterprise. Those are the current shuttles. None are named after Gods, Greek or otherwise. In the early days NASA labeled missions with a combination of a mythological or astrological name – first Mercury, then Gemini, then Apollo – and a series number, but they allowed their astronauts to name the actual spacecraft. Every Mercury astronaut added the number 7 to his ship’s name to honor the team effort among its astronauts, now known as the “Original Seven.” They were: Alan B. Shepard Jr. (Freedom 7); Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom (Liberty Bell 7); John H. Glenn Jr. (Friendship 7); M. Scott Carpenter (Aurora 7); Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. (Sigma 7); and L. Gordon “Gordo” Cooper Jr. (Faith 7).
:) This is really interesting. I love learning about this stuff, but haha, yeah, the article was just a fun one. The website itself is very nationalistic and their ancient Greek section was a poorly written bummer. Was hoping for a new RSS feed but this was the only article I saw that looked remotely interesting.