\u201cTo the moon and back\u201d is a popular way of saying \u201cI love you,\u201d but for the crew of NASA\u2019s Artemis II, it was quite literally true. The four astronauts recently orbited the moon, and along the way, they honored one of their own by naming a newly discovered crater after Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman\u2019s late wife, Carroll.<\/p>\n
The crew\u2014Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen\u2014successfully completed their 10-day journey on Saturday April 11, becoming the first humans to travel to the moon and back since the Apollo era. During their mission, they sent several messages back to Earth from inside their Orion spacecraft.<\/p>\n
After discovering \u201crelatively fresh craters on the moon\u201d the crew recorded a message<\/a> proposing new names for two of them. The first, Integrity, is their tribute to the spacecraft that carried them. Hansen says in the clip, \u201cIf you were to look at Orientale on the far side and then draw a line straight up to Ohm on the far side, relatively in the middle is an unnamed crater and we would like to suggest it be called Integrity in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n The second crater is especially meaningful and is in a \u201creally neat\u201d spot near the side of a boundary that makes it visible from Earth at certain times. Hansen explains that when their \u201cclose-knit astronaut family\u201d first started planning their journey a number of years ago, they lost a loved one. He says, \u201c\u200aHer name was Carroll, the spouse of Reed, the mother of Katie and Ellie.\u201d Hanson explains that they would like to name the second crater after her and described it as a \u201cbright spot\u201d on the moon on the same latitude of Ohm.<\/p>\n You can see Wiseman tearing up as Hansen speaks, and the two pull each other close in an embrace, before Koch and Glover move in for a group hug. The heartwarming video<\/a> is just one example of how close the four astronauts became during their mission.<\/p>\n Wiseman\u2019s biography on NASA\u2019s website<\/a> says, \u201cCarroll dedicated her life to helping others as a newborn intensive care unit Registered Nurse. She is survived by their two children. Despite a long list of professional accolades, Reid considers his time as an only parent as his greatest challenge and the most rewarding phase of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the video below and find out more about the Carroll crater<\/a> here.<\/p>\n To mark the Artemis II mission, the crew named two newly discovered craters on the moon. One is dedicated to their spacecraft, Integrity, and the other is named after Wiseman\u2019s late wife, Carroll.<\/p>\n The Carroll crater is described as a \u201cbright spot\u201d on the moon.<\/p>\n NASA Artemis: Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n Source: To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor their Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman\u2019s late wife, Carroll<\/a> Watch Artemis II Astronaut Deliver an Uplifting Easter Message From Outer Space<\/a><\/p>\n NASA Shares Breathtaking Images From the Artemis II Lunar Flyby<\/a><\/p>\n Marvel at NASA\u2019s Artemis II Mission Launch by Watching It in Extreme Slow Motion<\/a><\/p>\n
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