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Former Wife of
Apollo 14 Astronaut Recounts Remarkable Stories in Riveting
New Memoir
Told with humor and
a sense of awe, You Don’t Look Like an Astronaut’s Wife!
from Anita Mitchell shares her improbable journey from
small-town beginnings in Medina, Ohio, through her life in
Florida with then-husband and sixth man to walk on the moon,
astronaut Edgar Mitchell — set against the thrilling and
historic backdrop of the U.S. Space Program.
“Now, more than 50
years after Edgar walked on the moon, it is exciting to see
astronauts returning to the lunar neighborhood through
NASA’s Artemis program,” Mitchell commented. “Watching
Artemis II circle the moon brought back so many memories of
the Apollo days. It is an exciting time to be alive and to
witness this new chapter in space exploration.”
You Don’t Look Like
an Astronaut’s Wife! is filled with fascinating
behind-the-scenes
anecdotes involving
some of the most revered people of the day, from astronauts
to actors, politicians to metaphysical gurus. Some of
Mitchell’s stories will leave readers surprised, at times
touched, and always wondering what she will talk about next.
Through it all, she remained grounded, thanks to a strong
family foundation, lifelong faith and her irrepressible love
of life.
“I also wanted to
give deference to the original seven early astronauts’
wives,” Mitchell said. “They were amazing, especially with
overnight notoriety. The national news media were on their
front lawns while they were trying to get their little ones
off to school and provide some normalcy in their family
lives. They did that with style and grace, and without a
road map to go by.
You Don’t Look Like an Astronaut’s Wife! poignantly
transports readers to a magical era in the history of
humanity, when anything seemed possible, and when the world
first saw the Earth from space — an awe-inspiring moment
that transcended geographical, cultural and political
boundaries.
“It pulled the world
together in a way nothing else ever has,” Mitchell recalled.
“They sent back that incredible picture taken from the moon
of Earth. We all saw our planet in a new way. No matter who
you were, when you saw that tiny blue and white marble,
knowing it was our home, it was humbling, and it united us.”
You Don’t Look Like
an Astronaut’s Wife! is not just Mitchell’s journey, but the
journey of a proud nation, capturing the wonder of venturing
into the cosmos — just in time for what promises to be a
remarkable era of space exploration.
“I married a guy
who went to the moon,” Mitchell added. “I stayed on Earth,
but it was an amazing journey for me, nonetheless.”
You Don’t Look Like
an Astronaut’s Wife! Improbability, Impossibility, and Still
Making it All Happen
Release Date: August
12, 2026
Available from
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Look-Like-Astronauts-Wife/dp/1967825092
About the Author
Anita Mitchell was
born in Alliance, Ohio, studied at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and moved to Florida in 1964. While
working for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Mitchell met
and married aviator and astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the sixth
man to walk on the moon. She ran for the Florida House in
1978.
In 1979, she opened
Anita Mitchell Associates, a public relations, advertising
and government relations firm that grew into The Mitchell
Group.
In November 2013,
she was elected Chairman of The Republican Party of Palm
Beach County. In 2017, she became the VP of External Affairs
& Business Development at Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, now
Margaritaville at Sea. She and her husband, Noel, live in
Tallahassee, Florida, near some of their children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
For more
information, please visit
www.AnitaKMitchell.com'
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