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The Astronaut Wives Club was an informal support group of women, sometimes called Astrowives, whose husbands were members of the Mercury 7 group of astronauts. The group included Annie Glenn , Betty Grissom , Louise Shepard , Trudy Cooper , Marge Slayton , Rene Carpenter , and Jo Schirra .
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Crew Operations, responsible for NASA crew assignments.
The Astronaut Wives Club is a 2015 American period drama television series developed by Stephanie Savage for ABC. It is based on Lily Koppel 's 2013 book of the same name . [ 2 ] The series tells the story of the wives of the Mercury Seven – America's first group of astronauts – who together formed the Astronaut Wives Club .
Slayton's wife Marge and Borman's wife Susan organized an Astronauts' Wives Club along the lines of the Officers' Wives Clubs that were a feature of military bases. As Slayton was in charge of astronaut activities, Marge was considered to be the equivalent of the commanding officer's wife.
Marge Slayton (née Lunney), portrayed by Rebecca Wisocky (season 1), Deke's wife. Pam Horton, portrayed by Meghan Leathers (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), a barkeeper at the "Outpost Tavern" and a closeted lesbian who entered a relationship with Ellen Wilson but later broke up with her to pave the way for Ellen's political career. After ...
The astronaut's attendance at their training events was voluntary. [103] The character of the Astronaut Office would only change after Mercury astronauts retired in the 1970s, and control passed to George Abbey. [89] The Mercury Seven wrote first-hand accounts of their selection and preparation for the Mercury missions in the 1962 book We Seven ...
Chris Isaak as Ed White, America's first astronaut to walk in space on Gemini 4 in episode 1, later killed in a fire preparing for Apollo 1 in episode 2. John Posey as John Young , who flew two Gemini missions and on Apollo 10 (all off-screen), and commands the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission in episode 11.
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