The lives of the astronaut wives during their NASA years and beyond - through speaking engagements and fashion shows, alcoholism and divorce.
Almost all of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo were married. While their husbands were training or travelling in space the astronauts wives had to keep the home fires burning, looking after the kids, dealing with incidents, including fatalities, and generally putting on a brave face for their husbands and the world. This is their story.—grantss