A Widowed Father Flies to the Moon: Top Photos

A widowed father walked his daughters through the will, then flew to the Moon.

NASA 2021 Astronaut Candidate Announcement at Ellington Field. Photo Date: December 6, 2021. Location: Ellington Field - Hangar 135. Photographer: Robert Markowitz.
Wiseman at Ellington Field in 2021. Before Artemis II, he'd already flown as a flight engineer on Expedition 41. Since losing his wife Carroll to breast cancer in 2020, he has raised their daughters Ellie and Katherine alone. © NASA Johnson Space Center / ROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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