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Alan Shepard: Married until his death in 1998. Marjorie Lunney (1955) Deke Slayton: Divorced 1978 Group 2 (New Nine) Jan Shearon (1956) Neil Armstrong: Divorced 1994 Susan Bugbee (1950) Frank Borman: Married until her death in 2021 Jane DuBose (1953) Pete Conrad: Divorced 1988 Marilyn Gerlach (1952) Jim Lovell: Married until her death in 2023
During testing, candidates Alan Shepard and John Glenn compete for the head of the pack, and Gordo Cooper asks his estranged wife, Trudy, to reconcile with him for the sake of the space program. From 108 candidates, only seven pilots are accepted: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gordo Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, and Deke Slayton.
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut.In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.
If you thought the “Right Stuff” storyline where Alan Shepard’s wife Louise changed her niece’s name to “Martha” seemed a bit far-fetched — even for a TV show — then you might want ...
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]
Bell and Shepard welcomed daughter Lincoln in March 2013, seven months before they tied the knot at Beverly Hills courthouse. The couple went on to welcome daughter Delta in December 2014.
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[100] [101] [28] Their official spokesman from 1959 to 1963 was NASA's public affairs officer, USAF Lieutenant Colonel John "Shorty" Powers, who as a result became known in the press as the "eighth astronaut". [102] The four surviving Mercury 7 astronauts at a reception after Shepard's memorial service in 1998.