Tears at Message Daughter of Artemis 2 Astronaut Has for Dad
Summary
Katey Wiseman shared an emotional post on Instagram about her father, Reid Wiseman, who commanded NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. Artemis 2 was the first crewed mission around the moon since 1972, and the crew safely returned to Earth after traveling a record distance.Key Facts
- Reid Wiseman was the commander of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission.
- Artemis 2 launched on April 1, 2026, as the first crewed mission beyond low-Earth orbit in over 50 years.
- The crew traveled about 252,760 miles around the moon, breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
- Artemis 2’s crew included Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen from Canada.
- The crew proposed naming two lunar craters: one "Carroll" after Reid’s late wife and mother of his daughters, and one "Integrity" after their spacecraft.
- Carroll Wiseman was a neonatal intensive-care nurse who died of cancer in 2020.
- The crater names are pending approval by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
- Katey thanked all the international teams involved in making the mission possible and safe.
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