A Moon Crater of Remembrance | NASA Artemis II Mission

A Moon Crater of Remembrance | NASA Artemis II Mission

The small, bright spot in the center of the image is the crater that the Artemis II crew have proposed as Carroll, after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife. About 3.5 miles across (5.6 km in diameter), the proposed Carroll crater is on the nearside of the lunar surface on the western edge and would be visible from Earth with powerful telescopes.

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) map image of the proposed "Carroll" crater

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) image of the proposed "Carroll" crater 3D anaglyph (wear your 'red-blue' 3D glasses) 

The small, bright spot in the center of the first image is the crater that the Artemis II crew have proposed as Carroll, after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife. About 3.5 miles across (5.6 km in diameter), the proposed Carroll crater is on the nearside of the lunar surface on the western edge and would be visible from Earth with powerful telescopes. After the Artemis II Mission is complete, the crater name proposal will be submitted to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). 

Carroll is the name propsoed for a lunar impact crater located on the surface of the Moon. It was unofficially named on April 6, 2026, by the crew of the Artemis II mission during their flyby of the Moon, after Commander Reid Wiseman's wife Carroll Anne (Taylor) Wiseman that died in 2020. The crater is near the boundary between the Moon's near and far sides, allowing it to be seen from Earth at times.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen continue preparing for their return to Earth set for Friday, April 10, 2026, including reviewing re-entry and splashdown procedures and conducting a return trajectory correction burn.

NASA’s Artemis II Mission has been taking Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft.

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in real time:
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/

Check the Artemis blog for updates: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

Image Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
Release Date: April 6, 2026

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