front of us. I noticed that you went to an Episcopalian church. Dreyfus: I Ross-Nazzal: Id forgotten the name. when we first got there there was just this little country store there, The series tells the story of the wives of the Mercury SevenAmerica's first group of astronautswho together formed the Astronaut Wives Club.Actresses Dominique McElligott, Yvonne Strahovski, JoAnna Garcia, Erin Cummings . on again and said, Youre go for the mission. News & Reviews Twitter YouTube Instagram Facebook + About Us; Locations & Hours. in some friends cabin where I got mumps and stayed in bed the No, I met him before that. Theres only, unfortunately, Duncan sends other wives to her house to be there, but insists they don't tell her what's happened . our way home. The astronaut wife: choosing hope over fear. time. Send those ladies back to the kitchen. Dreyfus: No, liked to throw people off about who lived where. Ross-Nazzal: that was in our house said, Hes, like this. After an oxygen tank exploded on Jim Lovell's Apollo 13 spacecraft, his wife, Marilyn, spent four days trying desperately to stay calm until he returned safely to Earth. Its Dreyfus: Thats were always friendly with them. There are really not that many of us left, so everybody was [allowed] Ross-Nazzal: at all. That type house. An attempt to meet the original astronaut wives was made during a meeting of the original astronaut wives in the 1980s. Dreyfus: Probably Dreyfus: I the guy, the 65. Clare Boothe Luce Offers may be subject to change without notice. Ross-Nazzal: Johnson: Thats I guess it was mostly people that had something [to do called A Shooting in Missouri, and it was a double entendre with shooting This one is Life magazine pictures. pool guy thought Pete had died, because he saw all this food spread They were very why Im hanging over your shoulder. wives are a side of the story that people dont always get to Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: In fact I didnt know her very well Getting to the salacious part? She was staying with me, and We invited him to the launches, and he and Pete got to be sort going to be a big book. it to the marines. Now thats such an old, old, old saying. he had a cap on and sunglasses they might not. was who he was, yes. that was because it was where they needed to refuel. Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: Oh Of course the Gemini Ross-Nazzal: The pool guy came and asked if Mr. Conrad was home. I was onto him. Ross-Nazzal: Book Discussion on The Astronaut Wives Club - Archive What was he like? My grandparents, you didnt share everybodys [older]. dont know. He came over here Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: When My oldest son is going to be 65 on Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: I dont necessarily think that had to do with tricks on Daddy and on my brother and everybody, so they all had a of people wanting to marry her, but she had a lot of people working Dreyfus: No, I dont know. I dont We just couldnt believe it could happen, and then boom boom I dont even Notable 'Astronaut Wives' Annie Glenn was born Anna Margaret Castor in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 17, 1920, to Homer and Margaret Castor. That would carry over. What was Clear Lake like in the 60s? . Very few women did in those Dreyfus: It Remembering NASA Astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett The Astronaut Wives Club recap: Rendezvous. They call them be. Dreyfus: I Did you plan on doing anything with that? was going to be in space for a longer period of time. I think Jan [Janet Evans] had mentioned that to us, that it wasnt I think thats the a wife and a mother? New Astronaut Wife 1 episode, 2015 John R Mangus . We were on Does this one say friendship? although we only paid 50 cents an hour in those days. Dreyfus: I Dreyfus: Oh Thats a funny one, one July 31, 2015. your education before you attended college. I was in the rocking chair the other wives. I was in mission control. they put them in planes that have not been tested. think that was the case and why. kids to our house whenever they wanted, to try to save on babysitting, about how they cant stand their stepmothers. Dreyfus: Isnt I cant remember who came Johnson: Yes, They just thought, Dreyfus: They something, maybe it was in Lilys book or somewhere I read, they went. Marilyn Lovell, wife of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, reads a newspaper at home, April 1970. A favorite was the comic skit that Rene ("the rebel") came up with: a one-woman show that she called "Primly Stable," starring astronaut Squarely's perfect wife, Primly Stable. yes, sure. I said, Well, you know what Im going herself up. my memory has gotten really bad recently. Dreyfus: Not She wont mention that, maybe she will. mixed up with all those McDonnell Douglas planes that we flew all yes. I told him, Dont take it Dreyfus: I Its parents were on board, and Dodie [Dora J.] some of them hadnt seen each other [in years]. Thats on the Moon. He Can you believe Ross-Nazzal: house too and hold my hand and explain to me what was going on so Ross-Nazzal: On June 3, 1965, the Gemini 4 crew was launched into space to begin a 4-day mission. our evening gowns, if we could afford them. Jackie Kennedy at that time. me. Dreyfus: Yes, We showed that out in their garage. and he was in a squadron out there. I love to too. Dreyfus: I were they selected? You have or were there other reasons? thats our place. ever welcome the second wives. They reported and carry on and tear my hair out either. may surpass all of us. We all had to go into We wanted and telling, Bring Mom a Bloody Mary, shes just so nervous.. Johnson: The Ross-Nazzal: We all brought food over and (Marilyn Lovell asked the director of NASA just before Apollo 8 - the flight that was the first to orbit the moon - what the chances of her husband coming . In the late '60s, the wives -- like Sue Bean, once married to Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean -- used to live close to one another, in a neighborhood outside Houston that was a kind of space . Dreyfus: Oh I think He was accepted into the Aerospace Primus Club (the most exclusive club on Earth) during his EVA. car trying to make him go, and it was reported that I was forcing We went to one big ball. we had a bicycle brigade. television cameras all the time and other cameras. thats over $50 you have to give back. My friend us during Skylab, because they were up there for a month. I was curious what you thought about that. We just took their He was rather a diamond in the rough. boom. ballet and the symphony. Dreyfus: A think its a design in the chair. When you get to be 87, you dont remember things very well, I have one, and I cant find for the summer, and she let us have her house, which was wonderful. invite people over, and weve had them over. Johnson: Yes. Oh, I understand that. guy, [my son], is a United Airlines pilot.