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Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut. ... Shepard and his wife Louise meet First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, ...
Alan Shepard: Married until his death in 1998. Marjorie Lunney (1955) Deke Slayton: Divorced 1978 Group 2 (New Nine) Jan Shearon (1956) Neil Armstrong: Divorced 1994 Susan Bugbee (1950) Frank Borman: Married until her death in 2021 Jane DuBose (1953) Pete Conrad: Divorced 1988 Marilyn Gerlach (1952) Jim Lovell: Married until her death in 2023
Also backup commander of Apollo 7 in episode 3, and originally slated to fly with Alan Shepard on first crewed flight of Project Gemini, before Shepard`s grounding in episode 9. Also seen during astronaut briefing in episode 1.
There he met his first wife, Trudy B. Olson (1927–1994) of Seattle, through the local flying club. She was active in flying, and would later become the only wife of a Mercury astronaut to have a private pilot certification. They were married on August 29, 1947, in Honolulu, when both were 20 years old. They had two daughters. [2] [4] [8]
Dominique McElligott as Louise Shepard [8] [9] Odette Annable as Trudy Cooper [10] Erin Cummings as Marge Slayton [11] Azure Parsons as Annie Glenn [12] Zoe Boyle as Jo Schirra [13] Desmond Harrington as Alan Shepard [14] Bret Harrison as Gordon Cooper [15] Wilson Bethel as Scott Carpenter [16] Aaron McCusker as Wally Schirra [17] Kenneth ...
During testing, candidates Alan Shepard and John Glenn compete for the head of the pack, and Gordo Cooper asks his estranged wife, Trudy, to reconcile with him for the sake of the space program. From 108 candidates, only seven pilots are accepted: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gordo Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, and Deke Slayton.
If you thought the “Right Stuff” storyline where Alan Shepard’s wife Louise changed her niece’s name to “Martha” seemed a bit far-fetched — even for a TV show — then you might want ...
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. Derry, New Hampshire, November 18, 1923 July 21, 1998: Shepard graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1944. After service afloat during World War II, he qualified as a pilot in 1947, and as a test pilot at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1950.