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Offline Dalhousie

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astronaut children
« on: May 11, 2017, 06:25:05 AM »
A question came up on another forum (it was peripherally related to radiation exposure) about children of lunar astronauts born post-flight.  I think that only Ken Mattingly had any (although I understand he and his wife were already pregnant when he flew on Apollo 16. Is this correct?

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Offline Geordie

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Re: astronaut children
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2017, 12:07:12 PM »
A question came up on another forum (it was peripherally related to radiation exposure) about children of lunar astronauts born post-flight.  I think that only Ken Mattingly had any (although I understand he and his wife were already pregnant when he flew on Apollo 16. Is this correct?
  Eugene Cernan has two children born after his Apollo 10 and 17 missions:
   
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Eugene Cernan's[...] second marriage was to Jan Nanna Cernan, from 1987 until his death. They had two daughters, Kelly and Danielle.
  Bill Anders has a daughter who was born after his Apollo 8 mission:
 
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William Anders married Valerie Hoard in 1955. The couple have four sons and two daughters: Alan (born February 1957), Glen (born July 1958), Gregory (born December 1962), Eric (born July 1964), Gayle (born December 1960), and Diana (born August 1972). They reside in Washington.

Offline Dalhousie

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Re: astronaut children
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 11:29:18 PM »
Thank you!

Offline Glom

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Re: astronaut children
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2017, 04:14:02 AM »
And none have yet become super villains?

Offline Dalhousie

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Re: astronaut children
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2017, 06:38:35 PM »
And none have yet become super villains?

All of them.  They are so good at it that nobody has noticed. ;)