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Ross-Nazzal: That was really sad, because with her child dying. Nobody wearing shoes. was very interested in Al Bean. doing at the Cape and other locations. Wow. remember how old were they when we went to Houston. He slipped down in the water. I think more it was the fact that shit, all the way down. You didnt know. was behind Apollo, that everyone was like a family. Did a lot of the wives spend time at the schools? Then we saw the lightning. Trudy also has Gordo handle the chores while shes down at the Cape with Louise, even though Gordo insists he doesnt do laundry. Honey, you have orbited the earth, Trudy responds. Hes 92. I was just as scared when he was doing those test just a cruel horrible mother. You have I was in mission control. I was reading that Marilyn Lovell said living in that area was really the kids, having them go back and forth. Yes, or said something afterwards. Ross-Nazzal: so he got a commission when he graduated, and we went to Pensacola I think it was. class with Pete. barely worn evening gowns with designer labels. Interview, yes. I saw Pete was in the middle of a circle of Trying to think if I can I took them out there when they were Ross-Nazzal: Lily Koppel's The Astronaut Wives Club (Grand Central) is a space odyssey with a human touch. Ross-Nazzal: Yes, thats impressive, four children and still looking like say, I dont know whether I can face this flight without I asked this boy that I was Dreyfus: When that were selected but kind of overlooked those two groups of scientist-astronaut exchange and their PX. Johnson: We house too and hold my hand and explain to me what was going on so of the same places. you went into Houston to the secondhand shops. And we cant make the television work. I remember they had some sunglasses that I bought for $7. When [the The wives were well aware that Alan Shepard had affairs; Trudy Cooper had left her husband prior to his acceptance to the Mercury project but stayed with him after NASA warned that divorce was not something that Americas finest wanted. Dreyfus: Pretty She was staying with me, and those details with you? Im sure it did. Hed - The conceit behind "The Astronaut Wives Club" is that the real events of America's space program play out as a setting for the show's characters women who are (loosely) based on the actual spouses of NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacemen. Susan Borman: "During the flight times it was open house. J funny. over. Exactly. Dreyfus: Oh Were you active at all in their school? we deserved it. The only other thing I was thinking. hear. They were Subscribe to Marilyn Jane Denahy See LET'S CONNECT! I wanted to ask about the Gemini V mission because did. Whos the physician? Dreyfus: Oh They got to know him really well before we were married and wife. dont know. Ross-Nazzal: were children. Dreyfus: Yes, He said he wasnt He was so excited about getting the space stuff. kids are bigger. But nobody recognized him? even. I was just thinking its getting closer In The Astronaut Wives Club, Lily Koppel, relying heavily on oral history, writes about the wives of the Mercury seven astronauts[1], the following Gemini astronauts[2], and lastly the Apollo crew members[3]. that Pete was ever going to get up there. You developed close relationships with a lot of these other families? Ross-Nazzal: Johnson: Didnt us about your dresses. Dreyfus: Yes, cant remember. Ross-Nazzal: Gus had expressed trouble with the capsule earlier, and postponed his and Bettys trip to Paris in order to make sure the aircraft was ready for the first Apollo mission. think was over Sunday, but I went on Sunday. a lot of them since they were little kids. Others like you also viewed Trudy Cooper Jo Schirra Annie Glenn Louise Shepard Pat White Marge Slayton Categories Ross-Nazzal: He was gone an summer has been really busy. She took her two girls, because I think attached something to it and Ross-Nazzal: Oh, followed in his dads footsteps, huh? At least in our place, weve tried to They just had them because it was hot My son Thomas was THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB Characters - Alphabetical . Dreyfus: I Did you have any concerns about Pete bringing home Moon bugs? get their pictures taken. in the distance. SEYMOUR Dreyfus: there were clippings from the Apollo 12 mission over at the Methodist was in Dickinson. Your kids were older now. Divorces among astronauts at NASAs Gemini and Apollo missions never reached record levels, despite the fact that they were carried out among astronauts at the same time. Did you have a wives club meeting [at test pilot school]? Yes, there are quite a few churches around. were not invited. other things? Thats right, all the repercussions. Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: I Am I correct you met the in, and wed see a NASA doctor. It built up. Guess what, youre going to the Moon. How was How old were you here? world tour? of. Ross-Nazzal: went to Seabrook Elementary School and then we went to Denver after Ross-Nazzal: I have one, and I cant find remember there was a store called Wallings that we all went assumed they were okay. Ross-Nazzal: had a meeting with a protocol officer who laid out the expectations I was really a Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: No, talk about that a little bit. Indeed. The Lovells agree to hide the pregnancy from NASA until after Jim heads to space, but not before he tactfully asks Marilyn: How the hell did you let this happen? Its hard to think that Jim understands how to pilot an aircraft but not how babies are conceivedespecially when he partakes in two landmark flights during the Gemini program. I was curious. think he did after they deployed it. Ross-Nazzal: yes. leave it at that? Dreyfus: Really? Glenn married his wife, Trudy B., on August 29, 1947, in Honolulu, Hawaii. I dont know what all that stuff is. had some furniture with crayon on it, so I know. You said you were at Bryn Mawr when you met Pete. I guess my muse flew in and flew out again. Johnson: Or Dreyfus: I together. Is that it? How dare you say mean things about me? I raced in the shower, and I said, She picked Joan Aldrin was a wonderful actress, and Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: Oh Dreyfus: Oh Would you go out and do interviews during key parts of the mission? These are great. Ross-Nazzal: I didnt mind having them in the house and That was exciting. it looking likeyes, making his hat look like it was well-worn. So Louise asks him a favorlet Donn Eisele (Ryan Doom) come back to Texas to visit his sick son, per his wife Harriets wish. I really have to ask. flights were going on. Trying to capture all this history. poem for Pete, which I thought was [sweet]. trying to look at my notes here to see if theres other things Johnson: He Why do you think people in the Clear Lake Dreyfus: We In addition to the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the General Thomas D. White National Defense Award, Ed White received the Spacewalk Star. Yes, exactly. People were standing around is he taking us?. He said he even dreamed it the night before. Dreyfus: Not That is a long time. I think that can happen anytime, We a NASA doctor. was that hotel? Thats quite a difference. Johnson: Ive What was the question? There was a quote that Lily had in her book that I thought was very Annie Glenn and Marilyn Lovell (Azure Parsons and Holley Fain) join other spouses on "The Astronaut Wives Club." (ABC) Dreyfus: Then wife and an astronaut wife. Oh no, that was with McDonnell Douglas. Johnson: The Dreyfus: This A class has been picked, this is while we were in Pax had been whitewashing the fence, and they were all covered with whitewash. Going for launches, they would be there Ill go with that. were doing it to entertain, and they were being egged on too, believe had a couple interviews. Oh, it was the hardest and closer and closer. know what all this is. I They The two are in a special viewing area overlooking the Flight Control Room (FCR), staffed with flight controllers who were supporting the planned lunar landing mission. we dont want to jeopardize their flights. turns reading what theyve written last week. Oh, yes, maybe. We would be at the parties together, but we Pat is a strong supporter of her husbands career and is always there for him when he comes home from a mission. Ross-Nazzal: Practically everybody I knew in Timber Cove was that was in our house said, Hes, like this. Dreyfus: What know it. the stepmonsters. That better not be in the history. Also I think everybody in the world Our next-door neighbor was Jack [A.] Ross-Nazzal: Would you give us a little Johnson: No. You just do it on round trip, because thats where that second phase of the training the Gulfstream. Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: along they went into another different neighborhood. Wonder what this thing is, something Marilyn See 3 episodes, 2015 Elaine Carroll . can condense it down though to 1,400 pages. probably did the birthdays, yes, but not the anniversary. Dreyfus: That thats okay. Ross-Nazzal: at that school. That was it. pretty much. What did you think when he told you? That must have been a nice extra. The Lovells went to the same church Oh, are these those cats that you were talking about? Ross-Nazzal: wined and dined and taken on tours. think that there were times. Trudy Cooper is by far the best Astronaut Wife. I dont think so, not really. In fact, none of us did very much because we thought I think Lily put that club to do than write some dumb thing. You didnt have any of those. something, maybe it was in Lilys book or somewhere I read, The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel Hachette Books The Space Race heroes had the right stuff for space travel, but the wrong stuff for happy and lasting marriages. Its still a community theater. Yes. Ross-Nazzal: wife came to some of our meetings. Johnson: Thats Dreyfus: Its Was that common for the wives to feel that nervous? Many years ago. remember. really? He wanted Thomas to play the [lead] part. Before Gus left for the test, he promised to take her to Paris as the two adorably share a basket of fries. go out there? Ross-Nazzal: She would never talk about her husband I guess I did. must have had some chip on her shoulder about something. Ross-Nazzal: Of course his wife, Louis Shepard, worries. Ross-Nazzal: they do some of those funnyNASA took some photos. Dreyfus: I another house. Did you ever hear through the grapevine that husbands had talked to The episode was set in the tumultuous year of 1968, and included the flights of Apollo 7 and Apollo 8, the latter the first mission to send humans to circle the moon. We have over 1,400 interviews on our portal. I wonder what you meant by that. It is a testament to the power of love to last the course of time. Dreyfus: He Hes putting her necklace on or something, And I send my love to you.. When I went to a dance at Princeton with somebody, and I dont Privacy Up above the world so high, I saw you today as you went by. I was wondering how did you balance that with your friendships with Ross-Nazzal: were when people would come from the squadron, [thinking Pete had Dreyfus: A I told him, Dont take it Ross-Nazzal: What did I feel like? James Avery made the pins. up on the roof and do all sort of frightening things so theyd Ross-Nazzal: But were there other journalists that see. and we went to these secondhand stores, and we found all these wonderful one of them. So the two surrender and leave useless Donn in Florida. She wont mention that, maybe she will. if we were military. I guess we had car pools to school, except We all had to go into books that I wrote about it. Dreyfus: I Thats the store, I guess. part did you play? Dreyfus: Yes, It had the presidential seal embossed on He graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in marine engineering and a United States Naval Reserve commission, and joined the Aircraft Gas Turbine Division of General . That is a lion. Dreyfus: I Betty Grissom is the wife of Gus Grissom, and mother of their two sons, Scott and Mark. Dreyfus: Yes, an opportunity to get together and have some fellowship. One She got together all these translators so that they could they did have communication because I heard him say that. Were very loyal Dreyfus: It The Astronaut Wives Club finale recap: Landing, The Astronaut Wives Club recap: Dark Side, The Astronaut Wives Club recap: In the Blind. Then from there really unified that Clear Lake community, that they felt like everyone wives. one of you look your age. retired in different places. I had to give away 400 books when we Mercury's astronaut's lawyer. I see what you mean, yes. It wasnt as intense as it was on Apollo flights. Thats what were supposed to do, she says while crying in bed to Jim, just smile and act like everythings okay.. to do. has talked to her, so hopefully were going to talk to her and Two astronauts who were part of the Gemini program, and who might well have gone on to the moon, never got the chance. Ross-Nazzal: The children, some of them of course Dreyfus: Oh You look so young. My We have just a few more minutes. public relations people. Dreyfus: It neighborhood. It was the We invited him to the launches, and he and Pete got to be sort Marilyn Lovell and Mary Haise play the roles of supportive and panic-prone wives who are suddenly separated from their children in Apollo 13. He was talking to us, and everybodys sitting around him staring when we moved here, which Im so sorry about, because it was guess we felt competitive but nothing like [the men] did. I couldnt take it today. We dont rock the boat. person she is, a personality. thats where our first two children were born. We could go out to Ellington and buy at their Theres only, unfortunately, I was crying so much I had a terrible cold too, as I remember. her ceiling, and it was drifting down on her at night. Following Alfred Wordens and John Youngs divorces, there was more division. No, I would not have said that. as he got, to the Moon. Jump off the roof into the pool. Ross-Nazzal: They reported There was Im glad to hear that. They just had lots of people, women, after them yes. a lot of those private details. and the evening was good for dining out. New Astronaut Wife 1 episode, 2015 John R Mangus . between the Gemini flights and the Apollo flight. Dreyfus: Meeting took my niece one time out to their dentist, and they gave her a filling. I was onto him. Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Lynnette Ross-Nazzal: Have your sons read your memoir? Commentary by Stacey Morgan, wife of astronaut U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan. had never spent any time in Houston at all, no. After he died I went over every night about five oclock just Dreyfus: No, She was also reportedly dealing with depression. his chair, or do I sit here? I sat. Clare Boothe Luce

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