Entire and undistracted

Eventually, Stability was influenced by something among their trainers stated while on a team-building journey to Iceland.

“He coined this for us, and we held on to it,” stated Hansen, who, unlike his NASA crewmates, is a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. “It was this idea that you’re not a person who has integrity, you’re a person who strives to be in integrity. Sometimes you’re out of integrity, and sometimes you’re in your integrity. That was profound for all of us.”

For Glover, it came down to the meaning.

“The Latin root means ‘whole.’ It’s a very simple concept, and it’s about being whole. This crew comes together as pieces—the four of us and our backups—but the six of us make up a whole team. The vehicle, the pieces come together and make up a whole spacecraft,” he stated.

“What people anecdotally say is that integrity is what you do when no one’s watching. That, and truth, honor, and integrity matter,” stated Glover. “There are so many layers to that name and what it means and what it inspires.”

Incorporating Stability

Stability is among the tenets of the Astronaut Code of Professional Responsibility. It is likewise among the Canadian Space Agency’s core worths.

“We all strive to be in integrity all of the time, but integrity isn’t an absolute that you either have or don’t have,” stated Koch. “So this helps us give grace and build trust with each other.”

“I 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,” stated Glover.

Now that it has actually been revealed, next up is for Stability to be utilized as the team’s possible call indication.

“We waited to make sure the whole enterprise was ready for us to announce it before we even used it,” stated Glover. “I believe we’ll begin utilizing it in sims: ‘Houston, Stability Stability, Houston.’ That’s the strategy.

“But if someone doesn’t like that, then we won’t, and we can say Orion,” he stated.