Ex-astronaut Nowak to rely on insanity defense
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak will claim she was insane when she stalked and attacked a romantic rival during the unraveling of a love triangle with a fellow ex-astronaut, her lawyer said in court papers released on Tuesday.
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A former Nasa astronaut accused of assaulting and trying to kidnap her rival in a love triangle will pursue a defence of insanity at her trial next month, according to documents released by her lawyers yesterday.
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Astronaut Lisa M. Nowak has been dismissed by NASA and will return to active duty in the Navy, officials said yesterday.
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NASA said Wednesday it had seen no signs of instability in astronaut Lisa M. Nowak before she was arrested on charges she tried to murder a woman she thought was her rival for a shuttle pilot's affections.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak gave police permission to question her and search her car through nods of her head and mumbles of consent, the lead investigator testified in a Florida court on Wednesday.
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By John Schwartz THE NEW YORK TIMES  Like most of today's astronauts, Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak worked in relative obscurity -- even last July, when she took the spaceflight that she had spent 10 years at NASA hoping for.
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The lawyer for Lisa Nowak -- the former NASA astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival -- will ask a judge Friday to throw out her statements to police, suppress evidence collected from her car and remove her ankle-bracelet monitor.
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A former astronaut who confronted a romantic rival at the Orlando airport intends to plead insanity at her trial on assault and kidnapping charges.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, charged over an alleged attack on a romantic rival, testified on Friday that police searched her car without her consent as she sought to have some evidence thrown out.
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How do you spot an astronut? NASA says it will re-evaluate the psychological screening it does for its astronauts, after Shuttle pilot Lisa Nowak was arrested this week on charges of attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, and battery.â¦
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NASA and the family of astronaut Lisa Nowak released separate statements late Tuesday on the spaceflyer's Monday arrest by Florida police.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who stunned colleagues by driving from Houston to Orlando in diapers to confront a woman she thought was a love rival, was charged with attempted kidnapping but not with attempted murder, prosecutors said on Friday.
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By Mike Schneider  Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired by NASA on Wednesday, a month after she was charged with trying to kidnap a woman she regarded as her romantic rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak may claim at trial she was insane when she stalked and attacked a romantic rival during the unraveling of a love triangle with a fellow ex-astronaut, according to court papers released on Tuesday.
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By JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE  The sad case of Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of driving from Houston to Orlando to try to kill a romantic rival, got my inquisitive attention.   Astronauts wear diapers?  No. 1 , sometimes.  No.
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CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA does not conduct psychological evaluations of its astronauts but will reconsider that policy following the apparent meltdown of Lisa Nowak, charged with attempted murder in Florida, agency officials said Wednesday.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 10--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.