Teacher * Researcher * Sociologist
UPDATED August 11 , 2024. After a year and a half of research, my Moonshot Astronaut Families project has taken on a sharper focus: the story of one cohort of astronaut families, particularly the wives, of NASA Astronaut Group 3, and a longer time frame (so much data and still more to gather). Below is […]
“They were just our dads.“ – Diane Gordon Briggs (daughter of Richard F. Gordon: Gemini 11, Apollo 12). 2021. (Podcast for Emory Rose MARBL.) Diane Gordon (Briggs) lived across the street from me in Nassau Bay, where we grew up together as daughters of astronauts who flew on Gemini and Apollo missions. Our fathers were […]
“What was it like to walk on the moon?” My father* has heard that question thousands of times. I’ve heard it dozens of times, as his daughter. There is no quick, easy answer. The reality was rich and deep and complex, for each of the individuals who went to the moon. Moreover, the question overlooks […]