Moon Crater Named “Carroll” After Astronaut's Deceased Wife

Amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East, a ray of hope for humanity has emerged in the form of Artemis II crew, which is currently the farthest ever manned mission from Earth. If everything works, the next mission, Artemis III aims to land astronauts near the Moon’s south pole, something never done before.

But we are already witnessing history in the making as one emotional moment took the whole world by surprise when Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen formally made a request to name a newly discovered crater on the Moon "Carroll", after mission commander Reid Wiseman's late wife. This was followed by a teary eyed group hug.

This was not only a moment of forever love but also a symbol of incredible human strength. The astronauts have also shown how science and faith can co-exist. How some feelings can reach beyond the farthest possibilities, to the far side of the Moon and back to home planet Earth. This is exactly the right time for us as a species to look for peace, not war.

This is also the first time a non-American has traveled to the Moon’s vicinity, astronaut Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian space agency. The astronauts are setting example for future space exploration. They’ll capture ultra-high-resolution images of the Moon and Earth for navigation calibration and geological mapping.

The crew is wearing special radiation sensors because they must spend days outside Earth’s protective magnetosphere, something astronauts haven’t done since Apollo 17 in 1972. The spacecraft will loop around the Moon and naturally fall back toward Earth on April 10 without needing a major burn to return, a safety method also used in Apollo 8.

The mission spacecraft built by European Space Agency will reenter Earth’s atmosphere at about 39,000 km/h, generating temperatures near 2,800°C, testing the new heat shield design. It will test the first human mission with a hybrid international spacecraft, a US-European partnership. This is what humanity should be striving for - consistent collaboration, new discovery and adventure into outer space.