More Sizzle Than A Rasher Of Bacon

I worked on the Artemis missions for just shy of 3 years. For Artemis I, there was a contest called "Name the Artemis Moonikin Challenge" where our team came up with a bunch of names that the public could vote on that would end up being the name of the Moonikin (a full-bodied manikin) on the Artemis I mission that launched back in 2022.

In the original list of names, I threw in "Sailor Moonikin," and even drew an icon for it. We had a bunch of parody names (Rocket Manikin, Major Tom, to name a couple), but they all (obviously) got shot down by the Powers that Be.

We went back to the drawing board (literally) and tapped the NASA history team for a list of lesser-known NASA figures. Campos ended up being the winner (named after an amazing man named Arturo Campos).