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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.
Trudy Olson (1947) Gordon Cooper: Divorced 1970 Annie Castor (1943) John Glenn: Married until his death in 2016 Betty Moore (1945) Gus Grissom: Married until his death in the 1967 Apollo 1 accident Josephine Fraser (1946) Wally Schirra: Married until his death in 2007 Louise Brewer (1945) Alan Shepard: Married until his death in 1998. Marjorie ...
The Powder Puff Derby was frequently mentioned in the television series The Astronaut Wives Club (2015). Trudy Olson Cooper (1927-1994), the wife of astronaut Gordon Cooper, was a pilot who is depicted as longing to fly in such a race.
Cooper joined the USAF in 1949, and flew F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabres in Germany for four years. He graduated from the USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, with Class 56D in 1956. Cooper flew Mercury-Atlas 9, the final Mercury mission. He was the first American to fly in space for more than a day ...
Margaret "Peggy" Olson (Elisabeth Moss), upon introduction, is the ostensibly naïve "new girl" at Sterling Cooper. She was originally Draper's secretary, but showed surprising talent and initiative, including a knack—similar to Draper's—for understanding the consumer's mind.
James (Cooper) Ingalls: 7–8: 21: Jason Bateman: Son, adopted after birth parents were killed in a wagon accident Cassandra (Cooper) Ingalls: 7–8: 21: Missy Francis: Daughter, adopted after birth parents were killed in a wagon accident Rose Wilder: 8–9: 17: Sarah and Jennifer Coleman: Granddaughter, daughter of Laura and Almanzo Bandit The ...
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]
Peggy Olson is initially presented as an innocent but determined young woman, eager to be a success in her job at Sterling Cooper after having graduated from the respected Miss Deaver's secretarial school. She was born on May 25, 1939, [12] and was brought up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York in a Roman Catholic Norwegian and Irish-American ...