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Lily Koppel

Lily Koppel is the bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story (Grand Central). Follow her on Twitter @lilykoppel and on www.facebook.com/lilykoppelauthor

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Miles High

Dreaming of Sex in Space

<p>One of America’s original astronaut wives asks a very important question that only she can answer. Lily Koppel, author of <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Astronaut-Wives-Club-Story/dp/1455503258/">The Astronaut Wives Club</a>, </i>on the amazing Jane Conrad—and an actual short story she wrote about, yes, sex in space.</p>

Lily Koppel

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THE GOOD WIVES

The Secret Lives of Astronauts

Neil Armstrong and his cohorts were the rock stars of the Sixties, but it wasn’t always a smooth ride for their wives, writes author Lily Koppel.

Lily Koppel

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