The Astronaut Wives Club
About The Astronaut Wives Club
As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, Life Magazine documented the astronauts’ families, capturing the behind-the-scenes lives of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty.
The Astronaut Wives Club is a comedy series that ran on ABC. It ran for one season of 10 episodes between June 2015 and August 2015.
The series is filed under 1950s, astronaut, NASA, and period drama. It is adapted from a novel. JoAnna Garcia Swisher appears as Betty Grissom, Yvonne Strahovski as Rene Carpenter, Dominique McElligott as Louise Shepard, and Odette Annable as Trudy Cooper.
Production companies include Fake Empire Productions and Groundswell Productions. American members can watch it on Wonder Project Amazon Channel.
Lessons in Chemistry, Call the Midwife, and The Right Stuff make useful companions to The Astronaut Wives Club. It carries a TV-PG rating.