NASA crew honors astronaut's late wife with Carroll moon crater

• She was a VCU and JMU grad born in Virginia Beach.

What they're saying: "It's a bright spot on the moon," astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking. "And we would like to call it Carroll."

State of play: The emotional video, done as the astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any human before, has gone viral for the show of love among the four crew members.

• That includes the commander and Carroll's husband, Reid Wiseman, who was seen wiping tears as Hansen spoke.
• Among the thousands of comments under NASA's posts: "I cried over a moon crater"; "sounds like Carroll was loved to the Moon and back, literally"; and "so much love and joy coming from this mission. I needed this, we all needed this."

Zoom in: Carroll, 46, was someone who "dedicated her life to helping others as a newborn intensive care unit registered nurse," according to Reid's NASA bio.

• She was the mother of Katie and Ellie and graduated from JMU in 1995, per the university, where she studied biology.
• Carroll also went to VCU, per her obituary, and once worked at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk.

Zoom out: The crew proposed naming another crater "Integrity" after their Orion spacecraft, though it's ultimately up to the International Astronomical Union for approval.

How NASA replied: "Integrity and Carroll crater. Loud and clear."