Astronauts aboard Artemis II honored the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman by naming a lunar crater after her during a historic orbit of the Moon.

The tribute was announced on Monday as the crew orbited near the Moon, with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen revealing the name during a live broadcast.

“It’s a bright spot on the moon. And we would like to call it Carroll,” Hansen said, referring to Carroll Taylor Wiseman, who passed away in 2020 after battling cancer.

Wiseman and the crew shared an emotional moment inside the Orion spacecraft, embracing silently as the tribute was made. The crew also named a nearby crater “Integrity,” in honor of their spacecraft.

Hansen explained, “Her name was Carroll, the spouse of Reid, the mother of Katie and Ellie. At certain times of the Moon’s transit, we will be able to see this from Earth.”

Mission Control confirmed the proposed names, although final approval rests with the International Astronomical Union, which oversees official astronomical naming conventions.

The announcement coincided with the crew setting a milestone as the humans farthest from Earth, surpassing records set by the Apollo 8 mission. During that earlier mission, astronaut Jim Lovell similarly named a lunar crater after his wife.

The Orion spacecraft is expected to pass as close as 4,070 miles above the lunar surface, providing the crew a rare opportunity to observe previously unseen regions with the naked eye.

During a seven-hour observation phase, astronauts will study roughly 30 scientific targets, including craters, ancient lava flows, and surface fractures near the Orientale basin.

The newly named “Integrity” crater lies just northwest of the basin, while “Carroll” is located to the northeast near the Moon’s boundary between near and far sides, potentially visible from Earth at specific times.