Rendezvous - As the Gemini missions are being successy launched and the Apollo program kicks into high gear, the pressure on the wives grows .\r<br>\r<br>1x06 In the Blind -- Astronaut John Glenn has his sights set on a political career and hits the campaign trail with wife Annie and Rene Carpenter by his side as .\r<br>\r<br>1x08: Abort -- Betty Grissom faces the grim reality that her husband, Gus, is gone. With Gus having died while preparing for a NASA mission, Betty must move .\r<br>\r<br>Its Scott Carpenters turn to go up, and as the world – and the Astronaut Wives – ready themselves for his launch, Rene receives the opportunity to tell her own .
