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Artemis II Crew Names Crater After Mission Commander’s Late Wife
As the Artemis II mission approached lunar flyby on Monday, the crew shared an emotional moment when they called down to mission control to request that a previously unnamed moon crater be dedicated to Carroll, the late wife of the mission commander, Reid Wiseman.
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“We 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’s just to the northwest of that, at the same latitude as Ohm. And it’s a bright spot on the moon. And we would like to call it Carroll. And you spell that C-A-R-R-O-L-L.” “Integrity and Carroll Crater, loud and clear. Thank you.”
As the Artemis II mission approached lunar flyby on Monday, the crew shared an emotional moment when they called down to mission control to request that a previously unnamed moon crater be dedicated to Carroll, the late wife of the mission commander, Reid Wiseman.
By Jamie Leventhal
April 6, 2026