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   Jul 19, 2019 · Members of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission's crew are greeted by their wives and children on Nov. 29, 1969 at the front of a large crowd on hand to welcome the three home.

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   We weren't trained for ticker-tape parades. Our children weren't trained for the public view that became part of their lives," Valerie Anders, wife of Apollo astronaut Bill Aners,...

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   Why were Astronaut Wives 'Right Stuff'?

   • Our children weren't trained for the public view that became part of their lives," Valerie Anders, wife of Apollo astronaut Bill Aners, remembered. "The astronaut wives' 'right stuff' mostly meant you stayed at home and took the responsibility away from your husband so that he could function in his world, which was a very competitive world.

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   Are astronauts wives still married?

   • Early astronauts’ wives still get together each year, though they tend to call it the “Keep In Touch” trip or the “Astronauts First Wives Club,” since most of the marriages didn’t survive the men’s long absences or their newfound celebrity. The Beans divorced in 1976, the Cernans in 1981.

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   What happened to the original Apollo family?

   • By the mid-1970s, many of the original Apollo families began to disperse. Some moved to Washington, DC or California, the dads taking up new positions within NASA (like Gerry Griffin, who would eventually return to Clear Lake in 1982 to become director of the renamed Johnson Space Center). Others retired from the space program altogether.

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   Who were the astronauts in the 1960s & '70s?

   • They are the names written in history books: Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell, Chaffee, Bean, Cernan, Anders, Griffin, Carr. Their stories of NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s and ’70s are the stuff of legend and lore. The telling has mostly come from the astronauts themselves, or members of Mission Control, occasionally from the astronauts’ spouses.

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   Associated Press. Ronald E. Evans was a U.S. Navy pilot and combat flight instructor when he was selected in 1966 as one of 19 NASA astronauts. With his wife, Janet, and children, Jon and...

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5. www.cnn.com › 2021/07/15 › usGeneration Apollo: Where are they now? | CNN

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   Jul 16, 2021 · Married for nearly 40 years, Kirk and his wife live in Texas and have three children and four grandchildren.

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   Jul 16, 2021 · At the top, from left: astronaut Michael Collins, his children Mike, Kate and Ann, and his wife, Pat; at left, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, his wife, Joan, and children Mike,...

8. www.space.com › 21672-apollo-astronaut-wives-livesSecrets of Astronaut Wives: Q&A With Author Lily Koppel

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   Jun 21, 2013 · SPACE.com interviews Lily Koppel, author of "The Astronaut Wives Club," about what life was like for the wives of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts during the 1960s and '70s.

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    Apollo 8 lunar module pilot William Anders poses with his wife, Valerie, and children (clockwise from top: Greg, Alan, Gayle and Eric) at their home, December 19, 1968. NASA Kennedy Space...