With three other astronauts, Reid Wiseman, the commander of Artemis II, is back on Earth with a Pacific Ocean splashdown. The mission, which was launched back on April 1, 2026, was completed on April 10, 2026, and the preparation for the Artemis III has begun, which is slated to take place in mid-2027.
Amid this, Reid Wiseman has been making headlines not just with his professional achievements but also with his personal life. Apart from being an astronaut, Reid Wiseman is also a single dad who lost his wife back in 2020 due to cancer. Not only that, Reid Wiseman had a back-to-back tough phase in his personal life.
Reid Wiseman lost his mother a month before his wife’s demise
Reid Wiseman married Anne Carroll Taylor Wiseman in 2003. The couple welcomed two daughters, Ellie and Kathrine. Things were going well until 2014, when, during his first spaceflight, his wife, Carroll, was diagnosed with cancer. Carroll, who was a registered nurse at the NICU, battled cancer for five years and passed away on May 17, 2020. Reid was already going through a tough phase back then.
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