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Unless you're an ancient Greek, that isn't particularly surprising; it was not part of current traditions when used as the name of a spacecraft.

Learning about the gods of old greece and their stories is still part of the curriculum in a lot of European countries. I doubt most would think of the Moon Landing first.

Same here in the states.

I grew up watching Japanese anime which reference ancient Greek mythology.

Pollon[0], for example, focuses on a daughter of Apollo. I didn't even know the "man on the moon" thing was called Apollo until I was in high school.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Pollon

Or Battlestar Galactica. XD

better than what Nike is now

The swoosh logo of the Nike company supposedly resembles the wings of the goddess Nike as seen in some ancient sculptures.