Ex-astronaut Nowak to rely on insanity defense
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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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AS A FORMER NASA astronaut training manager responsible for crew training for shuttle missions, I was not entirely surprised by the initial reports of the sad, bizarre case of Lisa Marie Nowak.   This isn't the first case of astronauts having difficulties in their personal lives.
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NASA's boss told lawmakers the agency failed to recognize the troubled mental state of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who faces charges of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping.
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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 Traci Watson  All through a 10-year wait to go to space, astronaut Lisa Nowak kept her cool. She reached orbit on the space shuttle in July -- and upon returning, her life went dreadfully wrong.
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Back to the Navy for you, Nowak NASA has fired Lisa Nowak, the astronaut who was charged last month with the attempted kidnapping of a woman she saw as a rival for the affections of fellow astronaut Bill Oefelein.â¦
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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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NASA&#8217;s process for monitoring the physical and mental health of its Astronaut Corps is sound, despite the stunning arrest of spaceflyer and mission specialist Lisa Nowak this week, a former NASA psychiatrist said Wednesday.
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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak can remove an electronic monitoring bracelet from her ankle, a circuit court judge ruled Thursday ahead of her trial for allegedly attacking a romantic rival.
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NASA said Wednesday it will examine its psychological screening process for astronauts in light of the bizarre behavior by shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak, who is charged with attempted murder.
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By Mark CarreauReporters return to NASA's Johnson Space Center on Thursday with questions in the backs of their minds, if not on the tips of their tongues, about astronaut Lisa Nowak's allegedly criminal actions last week.
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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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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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ORLANDO, Florida  - Astronaut Lisa Nowak, who stunned colleagues by driving from Houston to Orlando in a diaper to confront a woman she thought was a love rival, was charged with attempted kidnapping but not with attempted murder on Friday, prosecutors said.
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ORLANDO, Aug. 24 -- Former astronaut Lisa M. Nowak apologized Friday to Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman, the rival she is accused of attacking and trying to kidnap during the unraveling of a love triangle with a fellow astronaut.
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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.
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By Mike Schneider Associated Press  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired from 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.