FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


What secret did Mark Lee and Jan Davis keep from NASA while training for a space mission?

Question #151386. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Jul 05 2024.
Originally posted Jul 05 2024 8:35 PM.

avatar
psnz star
Answer has 2 votes
psnz star
4 year member
1005 replies avatar

Answer has 2 votes.
The secret was that they were part of a married relationship, something that NASA would not permit amongst its astronauts.
In January 1991, a couple of crazy kids got married. That these particular “kids” were in their late 30s, were astronauts, and were keeping their marriage a secret from their bosses at NASA only added to the romance. Mark Lee and Jan Davis met during training for a space shuttle mission and kept their relationship quiet long enough to ensure that it would be difficult to replace them on the mission, as NASA normally would have done under its then-unwritten rule that banned married astronauts from flying together. And so, in September 1992, Lee and Davis became the first (and, after the unwritten rule became a written one, possibly last) married couple in space.
link https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/space-sex-is-serious-business/

Response last updated by psnz on Jul 05 2024.
Jul 05 2024, 8:37 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz BYU Secret Agent-in-Training
(US Colleges)
play quiz The Launch of NASA
(Man in Space)
play quiz NASA Turns Fifty
(Man in Space)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.