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

Marge Slayton

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The last of the Mercury Seven wives, Marge Slayton was married to Deke Slayton. Together, the couple organized astronaut activities. Slayton had a mother hen-like quality, and would often take the other wives under her wing.

Marge would dish out peppy advice when it was needed the most, when their husbands were on dangerous missions or were having other issues. Although she was the one that others turned to, Marge had a few skeletons in her closet that she didn’t want to be outed. It may have all looked like the ’50s American dream, but that wasn’t always the case.