Space Hero's Life Masks 'Mental Anguish'
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By Rasha Madkour and David Crary HOUSTON -- Lisa M. 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.
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The renowned physicist has always had a hankering for space travel. He'll start with a brief zero-gravity flight in April. By the Associated Press.
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MOJAVE, California -- Nobody can claim that Burt Rutan, the innovative aerospace designer, doesn&#39;t have his head in the cloudsâ¦and his eyes focused on the stars.
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By Traci Watson  Anyone with a cottage at the beach or a cabin in the woods can sympathize with astronaut Jeffrey Williams. After waving goodbye to one batch of houseguests Sunday, he will barely have time to tidy up before receiving the next.
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Astronaut Lisa Nowak's attack on a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut sent shockwaves on Tuesday through a tightly knit NASA community accustomed to its crewmembers showing the "right stuff," not getting involved in love triangles.
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By Traci Watson  After a turbulent week, the 10 astronauts in space got a Father's Day gift on Sunday: a day free of major breakdowns and unexpected obstacles.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Since the beginning of the year, NASA has endured an astronaut's arrest in a bizarre love triangle, a workplace murder-suicide and a freak hail storm at the launch pad.  What it hasn't had is a space shuttle launch.
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By AJ HOSTETLER  Astronauts are people, too.  The pilots, doctors, engineers and scientists who become astronauts go through stringent psychological evaluation in addition to rigorous training in the years before their space missions.
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A professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey says jobs at lunar settlements of tomorrow, or even space stations of today, have mental health implications.
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The end of January marks a somber time for NASA with the anniversary of the three major tragedies in the history of U.S. spaceflight.
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By Claire Burbage  The wife of North-East astronaut Dr Nicholas Patrick has spoken exclusively to The Northern Echo about the emotional moment she watched her husband launch into space.
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By Frank D. Roylance, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 7--American astronauts undergo a psychological assessment when they join NASA but face no further evaluations during their careers unless issues arise during their annual flight physicals, the space agency said yesterday.
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Lisa Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty: to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background &#151; high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot &#151; 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.
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By Angie Toole, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Feb. 11--Since he was a little boy, Ben Corbin of Shalimar has dreamed of a future in space, of traveling to Mars and exploring other planets.
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Scientists sifting through the wreckage from Wednesday's space capsule crash say some of the experiments can be salvaged, but it won't be easy. By Amit Asaravala.
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NASA will review the way it screens  astronauts for mental or medical problems after the arrest of  astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she tried to kill a romantic  rival, the U.S. space agency said on Wednesday.
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The meltdown of astronaut Lisa Nowak is strange and sad. Even though we no longer throw ticker tape parades for NASA astronauts returning from outer space, they still hold a special place in our collective national image. Astronauts are our heroic pioneers.