The crew would have likely chosen Columbiad, the name of the giant cannon that launches a space vehicle in Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.
ðə kɹˈuː wʊdhɐv lˈaɪkli tʃˈoʊzən kˈɑːləmbˌɪæd, ðə nˈeɪm ʌvðə dʒˈaɪənt kˈænən ðæt lˈɔːntʃᵻz ɐ spˈeɪs vˈiəkəl ɪn dʒˈuːlz vˈɜːnz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv nˈɑːvəl fɹʌmðɪ ˈɜːθ tə ðə mˈuːn.