crater
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In an emotional moment, the crew suggested naming one crater after Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
For Wiseman, the "pinnacle moment" was when his team named a lunar crater after Wiseman's late wife, Carroll, who died of cancer in 2020.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
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 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team discovered a new crater by carefully comparing images of the same area taken at different times.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
The crater it left behind was so colossal that if you stood on one edge you would only just be able to see the other side on a good day.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing crater
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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