A special event Monday night in Wapakoneta, ahead of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
At the Auglaize County Library in Wapakoneta, people enjoyed a free presentation of "An Astronaut Wife's Life" featuring guest speaker Simone Thomas, wife of retired NASA astronaut Dr. Don Thomas. This provided a candid look at her life on Earth while her husband worked among the stars.
Born and living in Germany, she met Don at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she was permanently stationed during the last 8 months before the launch of the "STS-55 Space Shuttle Mission". Her husband and former astronaut, Dr. Don Thomas was also at the presentation.
Simon worked for the European Space Agency's human life sciences program as its interface to NASA. She's served at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine and supported Dr. Don's four space shuttle missions.
