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Lisa Nowak

NASA astronaut whose career ended after a felony conviction.

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Lisa Nowak

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Lisa Nowak was born Lisa Marie Caputo in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 1963, and grew up in Rockville, Maryland.[1]

Life and work

Nowak logged over 1,500 flight hours in more than 30 aircraft during her Navy career.[2] She was selected as a NASA mission specialist candidate in May 1996 and completed astronaut training in August 1998.[3][4] After her arrest, NASA terminated her assignment as a serving Navy officer on March 7, 2007.[5] In September 1992, Nowak obtained a Master of Science in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.[6]

After Discovery docked with the ISS, Nowak and Wilson employed the Canadarm to move the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module.[7] Nowak's time in space on that mission totaled 12 days, 18 hours, and 36 minutes.[8]

What the cited sources add

According to the arrest affidavit, Nowak believed Colleen Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein and decided to confront her.[9] Police reported that Nowak wore a wig and trench coat, waited for Shipman's plane, and boarded the same shuttle bus.[9] The affidavit states that Nowak sprayed pepper spray into Shipman's car after Shipman rolled down the window.[9] An officer saw Nowak throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun.[9]

Police also found a steel mallet, a folding knife, rubber tubing, and $600 in a bag Nowak was carrying.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moore 2020, p. 11; Campion, "NASA Selects Astronaut Class of 1996", NASA, May 1, 1996; Fanning 2007, p. 25–27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lisa M. Nowak", NASA, March 1, 2007; Fanning 2007, p. 25–27; "Lisa M. Nowak", NASA, March 1, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Campion, "NASA Selects Astronaut Class of 1996", NASA, May 1, 1996; Jones, "The Last Pilots", July 11, 2011; "International Candidates Join 1996 Astronaut Class", NASA, August 12, 1996; Jones, "The Last Pilots", July 11, 2011; Fanning 2007, p. 25–27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fanning 2007, p. 25–27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mould, "Statement Regarding the Status of Lisa Nowak", NASA, March 7, 2007; "NASA fires astronaut Lisa Nowak", nbcnews.com, 2007; Stone, "In Houston, concern for Nowak—and little affection for reporters", USA Today, March 7, 2007; "NASA chief: We didn't recognize Nowak was troubled", CNN, March 2, 2007; "Terms of endearment buried in e-mails", nbcnews.com, 2007; Borenstein, "Astronaut Culture Stresses Achievement", NBC News, February 9, 2007; "NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Charged With Attempted Murder in Bizarre Love Triangle", Fox News, Februa en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Lisa M. Nowak", NASA, March 1, 2007; Nowak, "Computational Investigations of a NACA 0012 Airfoil in Low Reynolds Number Flows", Naval Postgraduate School, September 1992; Fanning 2007, p. 25–27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harwood, "STS-121 Mission Archive (Final)", CBS News, July 20, 2006; Fanning 2007, p. 25–27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Lisa Nowak" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fanning 2007, p. 25–27; "Astronaut Fact Book", NASA, April 2013, p. 9-1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Astronaut Nabbed in Bizarre Kidnap Plot", CBS News, February 6, 2007. facts only, no text reused. cbsnews.com

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