Reid Wiseman commanded the four‑person Artemis II mission that launched on April 1, 2026 and returned with a Pacific Ocean splashdown on April 10, 2026, as reported by mission coverage.
The crew, including Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, reached a record farthest distance from Earth surpassing Apollo 13’s 248,655 miles, and Wiseman took images captioned Hello, World and Earthset during the flight.
During a lunar observation the crew identified unnamed features and Hansen proposed calling one crater Integrity and a second Carroll, in honor of Wiseman’s late wife, prompting an emotional response and a group embrace aboard Orion.
NASA said the crew’s proposals will be formally submitted to the International Astronomical Union for approval, and the mission control audio confirmed the names Integrity and Carroll as heard on the loop.
Family Background And Public Response
Wiseman’s wife, Anne Carroll Taylor Wiseman, died in 2020 after a multi‑year battle with cancer, and the crew’s suggestion to name a moon crater Carroll recognized her as his spouse and the mother of their daughters.
Public reporting said a rare couple photo of Wiseman and Carroll, provided to the AP by the family, circulated online hours before the crew’s return, showing them in matching black outfits on white sand, with their daughters absent from the frame for reasons the reports said could include photography by the children, a date outing, or the image predating their births.
Articles noted Carroll’s career as a pediatric nurse practitioner working in a newborn intensive care unit and at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, and her earlier roles as a school nurse, along with her education at First Colonial High School, James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University.
The reporting also highlighted Wiseman’s role as a single father to daughters Ellie and Katherine, his posts from Orion expressing love for them, and video coverage showing the teens visiting the Orion capsule during a dress rehearsal before the mission.
