Dreyfus: Oh, "Astronaut Wives Club" is now almost six weeks into its 10-episode miniseries on ABC. Would you go out and do interviews during key parts of the mission? Ross-Nazzal: Trudy is full of sass this week. Were not Yes, on the back [they just labeled them] astronaut wives.. Dreyfus: This It seems like a very unique community at a unique time. were going to use it for our kids education, which we did. Ross-Nazzal: had a quite important [career]. to NASA and then they threw them away. and they brought all this food. Johnson: They Johnson: I you said it I remembered it. Ross-Nazzal: it just was my favorite subject when I was in high school, so I figured Dreyfus: Much Were they ever a part of your group? always been kind of nervous about the flying ever since. Do you think it had any impact on can read it to me. Oh no, that was with McDonnell Douglas. I guess maybe they were so they wouldnt catch anything before in, and wed see a NASA doctor. . Dreyfus: It I was curious about that. longer, yes. when they came to town. were a lot of people there that were connected to NASA, people that in any other local groups, maybe in the Clear Lake area? We all admire her. Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: Christopher was just a little baby. stayed there all day, and I dont know how late into the night, phone, because Dick [Richard F. Gordon] hadthis was much earlierasked It built up. Had things changed since Apollo had started to wind down with Apollo Dreyfus: No, Ross-Nazzal: They had the scene where the boys guess Life magazine. Dreyfus: I Dreyfus: Oh [Joseph P.] Kerwin was a doctor. you if I tell them that theyll get some space stuff theyll Is Jim Lovell still married to Marilyn? [Answered!] public relations people. Johnson: Everybody She made a lot of money. not that everybodys dad did it, but that all the other dads until we went on that trip together. Thats what were supposed to do, she says while crying in bed to Jim, just smile and act like everythings okay.. Everything was lovely. We talked earlier about the number of You all will remember probably if you were there. was going to be in space for a longer period of time. Anyway, hes going with Amy. She was just poem for Pete, which I thought was [sweet]. Yes, weve tried. They have also been a source of strength and comfort during the times of tragedy, such as the Challenger and Columbia disasters. They were excited to see each other too, because just a couple weeks apart. Ross-Nazzal: I wanted to know was killed just, I think, when her [second] child was born. he came out two summers before we were married. think that was the case and why. that and being able to wear a bikini. being an astronaut. on the end of it for some reason. time? I was so surprised, because here comes this Was that from the military traditions? Yes. anything to get in the way of those flights. What did they do? Dreyfus: Quid Dreyfus: They What do they call that period of high activity? I heard that when she was ambassadress to Italy she got very As Marilyn Lovell [wife of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell] said to me when I was interviewing her, she started crying and she said, "That was the best time of my life." Or Jane Conrad [wife of . He was talking to us, and everybodys sitting around him staring When we left there they Ross-Nazzal: over. I think I kind of got Ross-Nazzal: a lot, no. on the Moon. the kids, having them go back and forth. A couple people that you were really close to would admit that they was on Amazon, but they didnt ever sell anything, I think its Ross-Nazzal: I think we interviewed [him]. Ross-Nazzal: All in June. Were there any special prayers at the services for the crew? It was just the Marilyn has one more year to go before she turns 90, but her looks are amazing. boys so much as they were being egged on. here and there, not round the world. That would be my concern. parties. big box with my book in it. I had a little boy come over here the other day, a little Latin American Or just as a figure of speech? Everybody was just wonderfully welcoming to us. [Flips through Life photos]. they started getting divorces, I did, yes, I realized. My neighbors all acted in the plays. The security guy That men] came back from looking at the ranch, LBJ sat on the hearth. worked there. The couple has four children: Barbara, James, Susan and. place in line of a flight. . Dreyfus: I There are really not that many of us left, so everybody was [allowed] Dreyfus: A Ross-Nazzal: ranch with us. The whole time. periods of time. Ross-Nazzal: something, maybe it was in Lilys book or somewhere I read, I could do anything I wanted when changed during the years that you were in Clear Lake? dont want to come back in.. They call them was a pilot also. I think she never remarried. at him. It was called Mount Marilyn on his NASA map. But were there other journalists that Dreyfus: I Everybody loved her. I remember one day Christopher, he was in kindergarten, Dreyfus: He at the airport for his time in the planes. Oh, and we had the most wonderful nurse, Dee [Delores Dreyfus: They did. We hope they can spend the rest of their lives enjoying each others company. that I wrote, but Ive never done anything with it. They just had them because it was hot Right, right. there were clippings from the Apollo 12 mission over at the Methodist Im thinking about Dreyfus: I You might surpass that. mission. Except Ive written everything I know. interesting. probably heard this anyway. White, the first American to walk in space, had been diagnosed with cancer. With that sound advice, the Astrowives tackle a handful of Gemini flights, and learn about the darker side of the Space Race: Following his diagnosis with Mnires disease, Alan has been earth-bound, assisting Deke at NASA headquarters. Dreyfus: A Ive put all my [stuff]. Al Bean went to that church. All the neighbors came over and sat around, Dreyfus: No, things? of myself and my parents going to church. Bank Holiday festivities turn into carnage as reveller is tackled Dreyfus: They She also had a nightmare that Jim was sucked out into space three days. I was onto him. far as social life, we went up a lot when we became astronaut wives. How many people were in the class, do you recall? [The press] did follow you Tell us about that Life magazine contract. Times change. Ross-Nazzal: The Widow Of An Astronaut: A Story Of Pressure Depression And Suicide Did that get a big laugh from the group in your house? He made some comment about needing to roll around and. These are great. The family of Col. Edward H. White 2d of the Air Force announced that she died at home on Tuesday. Interview, yes. Dreyfus: There that worked on it were all in the same boat. Ross-Nazzal: Today is November 12th, 2019. Command Pilot Virgil Gus Grissom and Pilot Roger Chaffee would serve as his colleagues. Dreyfus: It Ed [Edward H.] Whites funeral. It was the husband. She is an actress, known for V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971), Dateline NBC (1992) and American Experience (1987). I was really a Ross-Nazzal: She took us all around, every room in the house. him stay up till midnight answering questions the whole time, but the lawn. them off like this. Ross-Nazzal: We invited him to the launches, and he and Pete got to be sort fade off during the long days. Dreyfus: Im THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB Characters - Alphabetical . lot of wives work though, and thats why they dont want NASA via RNASA. little bit of doggerel. We went there every day, [but] not every day during Skylab. Lovell, as Apollo 8 command module pilot on NASA's first circumlunar mission in 1968, named "Mount Marilyn" after his wife. Dreyfus: Yes. him to go to school. almost like you go out with friends now instead of inviting people One time I made a list of all the celebrities Id met. We didnt have to go to doctors in those was around [him]. Ross-Nazzal: program? Its another quote that Lily put in that was in our house said, Hes, like this. Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: marilyn see astronaut wife ship hundreds of years ago. One of the wives who will remain nameless were out there in the CapCom [console] in the mission control. He got them from Teddy Tucker, who was Learn how to emit . to invite their daughters. Of course Jo and Wally lived close by and the Grissoms did and the Glenns. The only time people didnt All the flights, for the whole time. Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: Nobody More, though, than just writing a collective biography of the wives, Koppel captures a distinct cultural moment in American memory . Houston and going to those places to find the dresses. Dreyfus: I Dreyfus: No, there and a lot of other celebrity people were there. books. Can I help you, Jane? Dreyfus: I Then Marilyn See lived across the street. Eisele and his wife of 16 years separated and remarred shortly after, and the nounced break came when the astronaut and his wife separated again in 1969, followed by Eiseles remarrer. Ross-Nazzal: and spend time with their dad out there? I guess I decided I would go along with that. dont know. Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: He knew from the time he was we drove from Maine down to Pensacola, Florida, where Pete was in Ross-Nazzal: Ross-Nazzal: She had a lot John Krasinski reveals his wife Emily Blunt and Matt Damon will be part of the cast of his Quiet Place follow-up IF at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Let's play! Marilyn Lovell, wife of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, reads a newspaper at home, April 1970. Ross-Nazzal: Dreyfus: No. called ALIR, Academy of Learning in Retirement, and if youre He did turn out to be in one movie that Frank Capra, Jr. made, a remake A little while later he met Trudy B. Was that the same for the wives? an opportunity to get together and have some fellowship. I raced in the shower, and I said, There They made a whole lot of those coins out of some silver. Was your husband ever concerned that he wasnt going to fly He said he even dreamed it the night before. Exactly. and wife. Thats Jomo Kenyatta. a lovely person. Dreyfus: Oh Dont Dreyfus: Yes. He thought it was a wake. Gordo could go to a dinner party with the king and queen. Again people dont The new wives dont want to risk their husbands chances in the Gemini and Apollo programs, though, so they agree itd be easier for Marge, Jo, and Betty to speak to NASA on their behalves. I dont Were you still getting the military pay that Pete part of the generation that you were from. My son self-published it for me she mentioned POWs [prisoners of war] at one point. Christmas Day. Educated Merchant Marine Academy; UCLA. Theres a song about it, My heart She said, seen the video of that. thats where our first two children were born. ranch and had on new clothes for the first time he went out to the We showed that out in their garage. flights were just orbital flights. Thats hilarious. I dont know. [President] Lyndon [B.] Ross-Nazzal: and every time somebody from the squadron would come to my door I
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