The crew just named a crater of the Moon "Carroll", the name of the deceased spouse of one of the 4 astronauts (Reid Wiseman).
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@cmconseils Another ‘moon-story’: Do you know the story of Eugene Schoemaker?
@teacher_rick nope!
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(i cried too)
@cmconseils me too
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@cmconseils They're all so sweet to each other
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(i cried too)
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@cmconseils I thought the flying Nutella would be the highlight of the show, but this... well, all humor aside, it was a beautiful moment.
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@cmconseils Shoemaker was a planetary geologist who dreamed of going to the Moon but was disqualified from the Apollo program due to a medical condition. He dedicated his life to studying impact craters and co-discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter in '94. He died in a car accident while crater hunting. As a tribute, NASA placed his ashes aboard the Lunar Prospector, which intentionally crashed into the Moon's south pole — making him the only human ever buried on the Moon.
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@cmconseils Shoemaker was a planetary geologist who dreamed of going to the Moon but was disqualified from the Apollo program due to a medical condition. He dedicated his life to studying impact craters and co-discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which crashed into Jupiter in '94. He died in a car accident while crater hunting. As a tribute, NASA placed his ashes aboard the Lunar Prospector, which intentionally crashed into the Moon's south pole — making him the only human ever buried on the Moon.
@cmconseils Nightwish made a song about Shoemaker and this story. It became a favorite song of NASA's scientific community.
More about this story and this song:
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watching the crew of artemis ii break down in tears and then hug one another over reid wiseman's late wife was such a raw and powerful example of humanity.
may she live on through the moon 🫶🫶
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@cmconseils Merci!
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@cmconseils Merci!
@ellouis de rien
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@cmconseils amen
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