Who Could Ever Compete With The Moon? The True Stories Of The Astronaut Wives Club

Rene Carpenter

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Rene Carpenter was the wife of Scott Carpenter, who went on to become the second American in space. The platinum blonde with a radiant smile was supposedly John F. Kennedy’s favorite wife. Rene was 30 years old at the time and already a mother to four children.

She was one of the four wives of Scott, who had seven children in total. Rene and Scott eventually divorced, and she went on to become a syndicated newspaper columnist, a TV presenter and a member of an elite social circle that included other high profile names. More on that later…