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

Betty Grissom

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Wife of Gus Grissom, Betty went above and beyond to support her astronaut husband. The couple had two sons together, Scott and Mark. More than anything, Betty valued the time that they could spend together as a family.

More often than not, she would run herself ragged completing all of the major chores and raising the boys during the week, so the weekends could be spent making memories with her husband. Gus also refused to let his work interfere with his home life, completing any technical reading or training after the boys were asleep. Still, running a house, raising kids and having an astronaut husband couldn’t have been easy – and it would all end in tragedy.