India, April 7 -- Reid Wiseman is Commander of the Artemis II mission which made history travelling farther from Earth than any human before, during the moon flyby. The record was previously held by the Apollo 13 mission back in 1970.

Soon after the record was broken, there was an emotional moment on board, when the crew chose to name one of the lunar craters after Wiseman's late wife, Carroll. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen made the request reportedly moving Wiseman to tears, as crew members embraced. "It's a bright spot on the Moon. And we would like to call it Carroll," they said.

The two craters have been named 'Integrity' after the name of their capsule, and Carroll, after the commander's late wife. This has drawn focus onto Reid...