The first crater: Integrity, named for their spacecraft.
The second: Carroll, named for Commander Wiseman's late wife who passed from cancer. It was a really sweet and emotional moment with the crew circling him in comfort as he got a little choked up with the request.
NASA mission control concurred with both requests. Here's the video, moment starts at 4:00.
by Velenne
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Teared up myself when I watched that live.
Naming a crater after his late wife while literally orbiting the moon… I’m not crying, the ISS just flew into my eye.
Hopefully they do it. It’s very touching
This is very sweet and sad at the same time. 😢
I was holding it together but the zero-G group hug wrecked me
Fuck cancer. It just sucks.Â
Ok but that Carroll tidbit is legit making me tear up
Tuned in to watch history unfold.. Was not expecting to get emotional
I was hoping for Cratey McCrateFace
OMG they were all hugging-I’m really choked up! If Zero gravity could end up being a step toward reducing the speed that cancer cells grow and becomes a cancer treatment someday it means even more.