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1960s: A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race
1960s: A love story set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race
When Joe Mitchell launches into space, the world is watching. It’s 1968, and the country waits with anticipation and excitement for another successful mission, another celebration as America sets its sights on the Moon. And then comes the knock at the door.
Joe Mitchell’s spacecraft has lost contact. He and his fellow astronauts onboard are feared to be dead. It’s his wife Vivian’s worst nightmare come to life, her grief suddenly taking center stage as the nation waits and mourns. In her quiet moments, Vivian relives their memorable story, unable to accept that this is the end to a love that felt as though it was written in the stars.
As the investigation surrounding Joe’s lost spacecraft intensifies and the mishap is written off as an operator error, Vivian is determined to clear her husband’s name and uncover the mystery of what happened in space. When someone starts sending Vivian messages—messages she believes only Joe could send—she begins to wonder if their love is stronger than space and time, and she’ll do whatever it takes to bring her husband back to her.
The Space Race – 1960s
Vivian Mitchell faces the crisis of her husband Joe’s Moon-bound spacecraft losing contact with Mission Control. Imagine the trauma!
The story is about their lives together, from their first meeting through the intensity of Joe’s astronaut training and the public pressures faced by “astronaut wives!.
You learn such a lot about what this must have been like!
Destination/ location: Cape Canaveral. Florida Author/guide: Chanel Cleeton Departure Time: 1960s
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