Main Cast
The Wives
Played By:(Dominique McElligott)
Wife of Alan Shepard, the first American to go into space. The other wives called her Saint Louise because she was so serene and ladylike.
Played By:(JoAnna Garcia Swisher)
Wife of Gus Grissom.
Played By:(Azure Parsons)
Wife of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Whatever John did he gave his all to, and Annie supported him “a hundred percent.” She was just what NASA wanted the wives of its astronauts to be—a squeaky-clean American housewife. She had two perfect children, Dave and Lyn, and a dog named Chipper. Like Miss America contestants, she had her “talent.” Annie was the Ultimate Astrowife.
Played By:(Yvonne Strahovski)
Wife of Scott Carpenter. To keep spirits high and light, all the wives had their ways of dealing with the press. A favorite was the comic skit that Rene (“the rebel”) came up with: a one-woman show that she called “Primly Stable,” starring astronaut Squarely’s perfect wife, Primly Stable.
Tropes
Played By:(Zoe Boyle)
Wife of Wally Schirra, the practical jokester of the astronaut corps. Jo was Navy royalty. She knew very well the proper codes of behavior, taught to her by her Navy-wife mother—how to dress, how to serve tea to an officer, how never to go to an official function without her white gloves, pearls on, and calling cards.
Played By: Odette Annable
Wife of Gordo Cooper, Trudy was the only licensed pilot among the astronaut wives.
Played By:(Erin Cummings)
Wife of Deke Slayton, Coordinator of Astronaut Activities. Known as Mother Marge, she ran the Astronaut Wives Club. A born leader, Marge dosed out peppy, upbeat advice left and right, but she didn’t want anyone—especially at NASA—to know she had been divorced.
The Mercury 7
Played By:Desmond Harrington
Played By:Joel Johnstone
Played By:Sam Reid
Played By:Wilson Bethel
Played By:Aaron Mc Cusker
Played By:Bret Harrison
Played By:Kenneth Mitchell
Recurring Cast
Played By:Luke Kirby
Played By:Evan Handler
Played By:Matt Lanter
Played By:Antonia Bernath
Wife of Frank Borman. Gung ho as all get out, she intended to take her Frank to the stars, because everyone knew the tighter the marriage, the better the flight position. She struggled to be “the perfect wife married to the perfect husband who was the perfect astronaut in a perfect American family raising perfect children.”
Played By:Alexa Havins
Played By:Nora Zehetner
Played By:Holley Fain
wife of Jim (“Houston, we have a problem”) Lovell; the famous commander of Apollo 13 was on Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon, given a 50-50 shot. Marilyn always told her friends she couldn’t live without Jim.
