The crew of Artemis II will fly on Integrity during mission to the Moon

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman (left) with a model of his and his crew's Orion spacecraft, which he announced has been named Integrity during a press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. Credit: collectSPACE.com

The first astronauts set to fly to the Moon in more than 50 years will do so in Integrity.

NASA's Artemis II crew revealed Integrity as the name of their Orion spacecraft during a news conference on Wednesday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

"We thought, as a crew, we need to name this spacecraft. We need to have a name for the Orion spacecraft that we're going to ride this magical mission on," said Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II mission.

During Apollo, the previous NASA program to send astronauts to the Moon, the crews chose names to distinguish their pair ...