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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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