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1 min · Dec 31, 2014 TV-PG. EPISODE 5. Flashpoint. As the struggle for Civil Rights upends the nation, the Astrowives fight their own battles in their marriages and the world at large. Trudy learns of attempts to quash a budding astronaut training program for women, and John Glenn considers a run for public office. 1 min · Dec 31, 2014 TV-PG.
About. As America's astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, the lives of their young wives were transformed from military spouses to American royalty. As their celebrity rose, and tragedy began to touch their lives, they rallied together. The official The Astronaut Wives Club site on ABC offers a deeper look at the hit TV series ...
Sep 12, 2017 · Based on Lily Koppel's book The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, this limited series tells the story of the women who were essential players behind big events in American history. As America's astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, the lives of their young wives were transformed from military spouses to American royalty.
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Jun 3, 2014 · The Astronaut Wives Club is a clever and engaging book celebrating a group of women who, today, are often overlooked -- if not forgotten. It is reasonable to claim that these women held the space program together in its early years. Koppel pays tribute to their emotional stamina in a sympathetic yet unburdened manner.
The Astronaut Wives Club rockets us back to the innocence of a unified mid-century America’s space race triumphalism and to an unselfconscious sisterhood-is-powerful in the bud—nice things to recall, and maybe take a tiny bit of heed from, in these more sophisticated but much more complicated times."—Sheila Weller, New York Times ...
Louise Shepard —wife of Alan Shepard, the first American to go into space. The other wives called her Saint Louise because she was so serene and ladylike. Marge Slayton —wife of Deke Slayton, Coordinator of Astronaut Activities. Known as Mother Marge, she ran the Astronaut Wives Club. A born leader, Marge dosed out peppy, upbeat advice left ...
S1.E10 ∙ Landing. Thu, Aug 20, 2015. It's 1969, and Apollo 11's historic moon landing is cause for worldwide celebration and a high point for the Astro-families. The wives are interviewed for a TV documentary on the space program, Gordo is passed over for the next mission, and Trudy faces some big decisions about her personal and professional ...
