Artemis II Crew Asks To Name Lunar Crater For Astronaut’s Late Wife

"...It’s a bright spot on the moon. And we would like to call it ‘Carroll,’” one crew member said.

The Artemis II crew honoured NASA commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll Wiseman, in an emotional tribute on Monday.

Wiseman, one of four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, lost Carroll, a 46-year-old paediatric nurse practitioner, to cancer in 2020.

Carroll was survived by Reid and their two daughters, Ellie and Katherine, according to an obituary in The Virginian-Pilot.

In remarks to mission control, the crew announced that they would like to name an unnamed crater on the moon for Carroll.

“There’s a feature in a really neat place on the moon, and it........

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