Reid Wiseman wife, Carroll Taylor, passed away on May 17 in Friendswood, Texas.
Carroll Taylor Wiseman was 46 years old and had been fighting cancer for five years. Carroll was originally from Virginia Beach and was the daughter of Waller and Anne Taylor.
She graduated from First Colonial High School, James Madison University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
After completing her education as a pediatric nurse practitioner, Carroll worked at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) and as a school nurse in Patuxent River, MD, and later in Friendswood, TX.
Carroll is survived by her husband, CAPT G. Reid Wiseman, USN, and her two daughters, Ellie and Katherine. She also leaves behind her sisters, Catherine Taylor and Susan Taylor Jonathan, her brother Robert Taylor Jennifer, all of Virginia Beach, and seven nieces and nephews.
Before embarking on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Reid Wiseman was married to his one and only wife, Carroll Taylor.
Reid Wiseman: A Journey from Naval Aviator to Commander
NASA’s Artemis II Mission to the moon has recently announced the commander for the mission, Reid Wiseman hailing from Baltimore.
In Houston, four astronauts were named for the 10-day mission around the moon, scheduled to take off in 2024. This mission will mark NASA’s first crewed mission to the moon in over half a century.
Wiseman, an alumnus of Dulaney High School in Timonium, Baltimore County, joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before becoming a Naval Aviator in 1999 after his graduation in 1997.
In 2006 from Johns Hopkins University, Wiseman obtained his Master of Science in systems engineering and earned a Certificate of Space Systems from the US Naval Postgraduate School in 2008.

In 2009, NASA selected Wiseman for the 20th astronaut class, and he became the chief of the Astronaut Office in 2020. He gave up this role in November 2022 to join the Artemis crew.
Wiseman’s First Space Travel
In 2014, Wiseman embarked on his first space travel as the Flight Engineer for the International Space Station’s Expedition 41.
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, will accompany Wiseman on the Artemis II mission.
In November, the successful test flight, Artemis I, took place with the Orion spacecraft orbiting the moon.
The Artemis II mission will follow, during which the crew will travel 600,000 miles to orbit the moon before returning to Earth. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2025 or later, plans to include a crewed lunar touchdown.
Although the Artemis missions primarily target the moon, NASA’s program emphasizes the moon’s role as a “stepping stone for Mars.”
During the press conference, astronaut Victor Glover echoed this sentiment: “We need to celebrate this moment in human history because Artemis II is more than a mission to the moon and back. It’s more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. It is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to Mars.”
Wiseman invited the audience to join him in saying NASA’s catchphrase for the task: “We are going.”
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