History Series / TheAstronautWivesClub

''The Astronaut Wives Club'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} miniseries that aired ten episodes in the summer of 2015. It is [[BasedOnATrueStory a fictionalized adaptation]] of the book of the same name.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Max narrates what happens to all of the Mercury families in the last minutes of the finale.

* AmicablyDivorced: [[spoiler: Rene and Scott, eventually.]]

* AmicablyDivorced: [[spoiler: Rene and Scott, eventually.]]
* AgeLift: The actors portraying the Mercury Seven and their wives are clearly younger than the real-life men and women.

* TheScapegoat: Gus is initially blamed for the sinking of his craft.

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom (Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher); Trudy Cooper ([[Creator/OdetteYustman Odette Annable]]), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Creator/YvonneStrahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Creator/AzureParsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Creator/ErinCummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Creator/ZoeBoyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Creator/DominiqueMcElligott).

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom (Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher); Trudy Cooper {{(Creator/OdetteYustman Odette Annable}}), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Creator/YvonneStrahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Creator/AzureParsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Creator/ErinCummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Creator/ZoeBoyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Creator/DominiqueMcElligott).

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom (Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher); Trudy Cooper [[(Creator/OdetteYustman Odette Annable]]), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Creator/YvonneStrahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Creator/AzureParsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Creator/ErinCummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Creator/ZoeBoyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Creator/DominiqueMcElligott).

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom (Creator/JoAnnaGarciaSwisher); Trudy Cooper (Creator/OdetteAnnable), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Creator/YvonneStrahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Creator/AzureParsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Creator/ErinCummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Creator/ZoeBoyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Creator/DominiqueMcElligott).

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Max narrates what happens to all of the Mercury families in the last minutes of the finale.
* YourCheatingHeart: A staple of the show, especially once the "Cape Cookies" come on the scene:
** Pre-series, Gordo and Alan both strayed from their wives, with the latter implied to be a repeat offender.
** Several of the astronauts are implied to have had flings of varying degrees with the Cookies, women who hang around the cape and hotels hoping for just that.
** Narrowly averted by [[spoiler: Louise with Max]]--despite serious tension, real affection, and several chances, there is no full blown affair.

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom ([=JoAnna=] Garcia-Swisher); Trudy Cooper (Creator/OdetteAnnable), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Creator/YvonneStrahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Azure Parsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Erin Cummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Zoe Boyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Dominique [=McElligott=]).

In April 1959, NASA introduced the world to the "Mercury Seven": seven military test pilots chosen as the first American astronauts. This series focused on the women at the side of each astronaut, who had stories of their own: cheerful Betty Grissom ([=JoAnna=] Garcia-Swisher); Trudy Cooper (Odette Annable), a talented pilot herself whose marriage is not what it appears; brassy, outspoken Rene Carpenter (Yvonne Strahovski); gentle Annie Glenn (Azure Parsons) who hides a secret that makes the media attention particularly challenging; den mother Marge Slayton (Erin Cummings), whose past hides damaging secrets; kindhearted Jo Schirra (Zoe Boyle); and proper, chilly Louise Shepard (Dominique [=McElligott=]).

** The [[http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-061915a-astronaut-wives-club-launch.html CollectSpace website has an well-sourced series of reviews of each episode]] that shows where history fit and didn't fit in the hour-long episodes. The review of the first episode, "Launch", shows how ''very'' well the actresses were matched to look like their real-life counterparts in their ''Life'' magazine photos.

''The Astronaut Wives Club'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} miniseries that aired ten episodes in the summer of 2015; [[BasedOnATrueStory a fictionalized adaptation of the book of the same name]].

* DanceOfRomance: [[spoiler: Max and Louise]] share a tentative but close dance in a barn the night the UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis reaches high tension.