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— Susan Borman, wife of Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman. Faith and Pragmatism. The women who married fighter pilots or test pilots understood that their lives could be shattered in an instant.
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Jun 13, 2013 · Astronaut Wives: The women behind the first Nasa astronauts. In 1959, when Nasa selected the seven astronauts they hoped would help the US win the Cold War space race, their wives were also...
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Jun 24, 2013 · NEW YORK — The American heroes of the space race are well-known: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and more. But less well-known are a second set of heroes that are only now...
Jun 16, 2013 · The men of NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were national heroes -- a few even became icons. But they were husbands, too -- most of them fathers -- and the wives who stayed behind...
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Jun 21, 2013 · A few stand out: Scott Carpenter’s glamorous wife, Rene, who later became a journalist and TV broadcaster; Annie Glenn, who “was what NASA wanted the wives of its seven astronauts to be”;...
Jun 12, 2013 · The Astronaut Wives Club. A True Story. By Lily Koppel. Purchase. So on April 9, 1959, the U.S. kicked off its own space age by introducing the country to its first astronauts, known as the...
May 25, 2020 · Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are veteran astronauts, like their wives. This week, the two men will fly on a new astronaut-transportation system designed and built by SpaceX, the company...
