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Astronaut marriages face brutal pressure amid space frontier life
The piece chronicles how marital strain grows with space career demands, noting six divorces among astronauts and former astronauts, including Edwin Aldrin Jr. It describes training stress, constant travel, public scrutiny, and the impact on wives, with quotes from Cunningham and others on sacrifice and image.
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Gordon Coopers
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Don Eisele
Eisele
Alfred Worden
Edgar Mitchell
John Young
Worden
Young
Walter Cunningham
Cunningham