How many Apollo astronauts stayed married?
There were thirty married astronauts during the Gemini and Apollo programs—all but seven marriages ended in divorce. Love wasn’t always lost, however. After returning to Earth, John Glenn would switch his briefcase from one hand to the other in view of cameras as a way of telling his wife that he loved her.
Who were the wives of the 3 astronauts on Apollo 13?
April 16, 1970. The wives of Apollo 13 astronauts, Marilyn Lovell, left, and Mary Haise, are a little more relaxed on April 16, 1970 after the crippled spacecraft made a successful midcourse correction and appeared to be on target for a safe reentry into the earth’s atmosphere and splashdown.
Which Apollo astronauts divorced?
List of oft-referenced “astronaut wives”
| Astronaut Group | First spouse | Fate of marriage |
|---|---|---|
| Group 2 (New Nine) | Faye Shoemaker (1953) | Divorced 1985 |
| Pat Finegan (1953) | Widowed 1967 (Apollo 1) | |
| Barbara White (1956) | Divorced 1972 | |
| Group 3 | Joan Archer (1954) | Divorced 1974 |
Did Fred Haise have the clap?
As a last embarrassment to the memory of Jack Swigert, who died in 1984 after being elected to Congress in Colorado, Haise utters a nasty and silly crack about somehow having contracted “the clap” from the rookie.
Was Fred Haise married?
F. Patt Pricem. 1979
Mary Haisem. 1954–1978
Fred Haise/Spouse
Did gordos wife become an astronaut?
There he met his first wife, Trudy B. Olson (1927–1994) of Seattle, through the local flying club. She was active in flying, and would later become the only wife of a Mercury astronaut to have a private pilot license. They were married on August 29, 1947, in Honolulu, when both were 20 years old.
Did Gordo and Trudy stay together?
Trudy Cooper is the wife of Gordo Cooper, though they eventually divorce.