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Lunar crater named after Artemis II commander's late wife

Artemis astronauts, at the farthest reaches of human space travel, had an emotional moment on Monday when they named a crater in honor of the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman. AFP 'It's a bright spot on the Moon. And we'd like to call it Carroll,' said Canadian astronaut Jeremy [...]

Lunar crater named after Artemis II commander's late wife

TL;DR

  • The Artemis astronauts named a lunar crater 'Carroll' in honor of the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman.
  • The crater naming was an emotional moment for the crew during their mission, which marks the farthest humans have traveled from Earth.
  • Reid Wiseman's wife, Carroll Taylor Wiseman, passed away from cancer in 2020.
  • The crew also named another crater 'Integrity', the name of their spacecraft.
  • The astronauts are part of NASA's historic lunar flyover, observing areas of the Moon never seen by the human eye before.

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