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  • Astronaut suffered 'mental anguish'

    02/07/2007 5:59:20 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 113 replies · 2,532+ views
    Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | February 7, 2007 | RASHA MADKOUR and DAVID CRARY
    Excerpt - HOUSTON - Lisa Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty: to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background — high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot — seemed to equip her for the challenge. Yet as she and some of her acquaintances acknowledged, the stresses on her and her family were extraordinarily intense. On Wednesday, transformed from space hero to criminal suspect, Nowak returned to Houston for a medical assessment, a day after she was charged in Florida with attempted murder and attempted kidnapping in what police depicted as a love triangle...
  • Astronaut in 'love kidnap plot' [With photos]

    02/06/2007 3:57:57 AM PST · by familyop · 98 replies · 5,781+ views
    BBC ^ | 06FEB07 | BBC
    Ms Nowak said she did not intend to harm Ms Shipman A US astronaut has been charged with trying to kidnap a woman she thought was a rival for the affection of a space shuttle pilot. Navy Capt Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew to the international space station last July, was charged with attempted kidnapping, battery and other crimes. She drove from Texas to Florida to confront Colleen Shipman, disguised in a wig and trench coat. Police said Capt Nowak, who was denied bail, used pepper spray on Ms Shipman. The man in the love triangle was said to...