Learn how NASA keeps spacecraft names

New Delhi, October 21, 2019, Monday

Columbia, Glory, etc. are just some of the spacecraft names NASA has released in the past and present. You may have heard the name, but if you get the idea that NASA keeps the name of the spacecraft on which basis you will find the answer today. The spacecraft's nomenclature determines a set following a complex process. This set is as old as NASA. Apollo, for example, was the 11th spacecraft to land on the moon.

According to NASA, the name was given by Silverstein, director of space flight development in the 1960s. According to religious belief, Apollo was a Greek god who was the son of Jose and Leto. The names of Orion and Juno were also named on the basis of religious beliefs.

In 1960, the first naming committee was established at NASA's headquarters. Who also involved NASA officials in the process. The panel studies the names the officers suggest and then chooses the best name. Then on February 14, 2000, NASA created a new naming policy. Accordingly, it was decided to keep the spacecraft or mission name easily understood. It involved a little creativity.