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The video includes live pictures of the scenes from space now as the astronauts look forward to re-entry and returning home as ITV News’ Rachel Younger reports<\/p>\n
As the crew of Artemis II hurtled home from the moon, they reflected on how their journey changed their perspective on life, as well as their anxieties about re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>\n
Just days away from the end of their mission, the Artemis II crew carried out a press interview from space, with the astronauts answering questions with their floating microphone.<\/p>\n
They spoke about the bonds they had forged during the runup to the mission and how they had solidified in space.<\/p>\n
The most poignant moment came when Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen suggested to his other crew mates that they name a small crater on the moon after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll.<\/p>\n
Carroll Wiseman died in 2020. Credit: AP<\/p>\n
The moment was so charged with emotion that Wiseman was too emotional to talk as they announced it.<\/p>\n
Carroll Wiseman, a neonatal nurse, died of cancer in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust for me personally, that was kind of the pinnacle moment of the mission for me,\u201d Wiseman said from space on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
He said when it was read out, everyone on board the capsule was crying.<\/p>\n
“That was, I think, where the four of us were the most forged, the most bonded.”<\/p>\n
The crew also decided to name another crater after their capsule, Integrity.<\/p>\n
The decision also called back to earlier trips to the moon. During Apollo 8 in 1968, astronaut Jim Lovell bestowed his wife\u2019s name upon a prominent lunar peak: Mount Marilyn.<\/p>\n
The crew took questions from the press on Wednesday. Credit: AP<\/p>\n
The three Americans and one Canadian of Artemis II are the first lunar visitors since Apollo 17 closed out that grand epoch in 1972, and their crater-naming request temporarily left ground controllers speechless.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely a very emotional moment. I don\u2019t think most of us knew it was coming,\u201d NASA lunar scientist Ryan Watkins said on Wednesday from Johnson Space Center in Houston. \u201cThere was not a single dry eye.\u201d<\/p>\n
The proposed Carroll Crater is at the left limb on the boundary of the moon\u2019s near and far sides, and occasionally visible from Earth. <\/p>\n
It is rather shallow and approximately three miles across, according to Watkins. A slightly bigger crater, dubbed “Integrity”, is completely on the lunar far side.<\/p>\n
The crew travelled to the far side of the moon. Credit: AP<\/p>\n
Their request came shortly after they broke Apollo 13\u2019s distance record for deep-space travelers. All four astronauts wept as they embraced in a group hug.<\/p>\n
Once back on Earth later this week, the crew will submit the two proposed names to the International Astronomical Union.<\/p>\n
Despite the emotional moments, the crew also remained laser-focused on the difficult tasks ahead.<\/p>\n
Even though they have travelled further than any other human being, the most difficult part of their journey is arguably still to come.<\/p>\n