I have a very simple name patterns in career mode, which I see now is not that original. My first maned flight was simply called Kerbal 1. All my maned flights launched with my "Kerbal Orbital launcher", which are capable of orbiting Kerbin, Mun and Minmus, are named Kerbal n. And if it launches probes then the ships are called Probie I, Probie II and so forth... When I unlock enough of the heavy launcher parts, I think I will just call them Kerbolo nto begin with, at least for the missions around Kerbin and its satellites. When I finally get to visit another planet, then we'll see. So much to explore! So many names to think off!