{"id":2968,"date":"2026-04-07T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:17:30","slug":"artemis-ii-crew-asks-to-name-lunar-crater-for-astronauts-late-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=2968","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Crew Asks To Name Lunar Crater For Astronaut\u2019s Late Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Artemis II crew honored\u00a0NASA commander Reid Wiseman\u2019s\u00a0late wife, Carroll Wiseman, in an emotional tribute on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Wiseman, one of four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, lost Carroll, a 46-year-old pediatric nurse practitioner, to cancer in 2020. Carroll was survived by Reid and their two daughters, Ellie and Katherine,\u00a0according to an obituary in The Virginian-Pilot.<\/p>\n<p>In remarks to mission control, the crew announced that they would like to name an unnamed crater on the moon for Carroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a feature in a really neat place on the moon, and it is on the near side, far side, boundary. In fact, it\u2019s just on the near side of that boundary, and so at certain times of the moon\u2019s transit around Earth, we will be able to see this from Earth,\u201d CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking at times. \u201cWe lost a loved one, her name was Carroll, the spouse of Reid, the mother of Katie and Ellie. And if you want to find this one, you look at Glushko, and it\u2019s just to the northwest of that at the same latitude as Ohm. And it\u2019s a bright spot on the moon. And we would like to call it \u2018Carroll.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reid Wiseman could be seen on video wiping away tears as he put his hand on Hansen\u2019s shoulder. The four crew members, which also includes astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, then embraced in a hug.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the moment here:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive.\u00a0Support HuffPost.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"1f85b4e6-ebaa-5c5b-b680-8b5ab9c54334\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered caas-loaded\" data-caas-lazy-loading-init=\"1\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2041221238274568520&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fartemis-ii-moon-crater-carroll_n_69d4322ce4b05047ac8f7a18&amp;sessionId=15305974cd342bcb75b8e26cf9fe1eaaedf5ce83&amp;siteScreenName=YahooNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2041221238274568520\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The crew also proposed naming another crater after their Orion spacecraft, Integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Wiseman has\u00a0said that Carroll insisted he continue pursuing his dreams as an astronaut even after she got sick,\u00a0per the British outlet\u00a0The Times. He has also discussed what it\u2019s like to be an\u00a0only parent\u00a0and how he prepared his daughters for the potential risks associated with a mission into space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went on a walk with my kids, and I told them, \u2019Here\u2019s where the will is, here\u2019s where the trust documents are, and if anything happens to me, here\u2019s what\u2019s going to happen to you,\u201d Wiseman said at\u00a0a January NASA news conference, according to The Baltimore Banner.\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s just a part of this life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post he shared\u00a0shortly before liftoff last week,\u00a0Wiseman boasted about his children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love these two ladies, and I\u2019m boarding that rocket a very proud father,\u201d Wiseman wrote in a caption alongside a selfie with his daughters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the original on HuffPost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Artemis II crew honored\u00a0NASA commander Reid Wiseman\u2019s\u00a0late wife, Carroll Wiseman, in an emotional tribute on Monday. 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