crater

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NASA’s Artemis II crew described the far side of the moon in eloquent detail, named a crater after Cmdr.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The president has been advised on the risks that could cause the cease-fire to crater and warned that Iran still retains dangerous military capabilities, according to multiple officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

There was a crater, he said, on the nearside-farside boundary - a bright spot to the northwest of Glushko crater.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

They offered a second name, "Carroll," for another crater, which they asked be named after the late wife of mission commander Wiseman, who died of cancer.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Below them, in a sheltered depression like a moon crater, stood a ring of broken black marble columns surrounding a dark stone altar.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan