Jun 17
Astronaut Wives Dish On What It’s Like Being Married To An Astronaut (VIDEO)
Posted in: Today's ChiliAstronaut wives were the “American royalty” of the 1960s, catapulted into the spotlight by their husbands, the Mercury Seven — NASA’s first astronauts.
But though they were seen smiling on the cover of “Life” magazine and drinking tea with Jackie Kennedy, things weren’t always so peachy at home, says author Lily Koppel, who stopped by HuffPost Live on Monday to dish on her new book, The Astronaut Wives Club.
“There was very much a credo that the woman [I interviewed] have shared with me that was if you don’t have a happy marriage, your husband is not going to have a space flight,” she said. “So even when things weren’t picture perfect at home, they had to look picture perfect on the cover of ‘Life.'”
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