Ex-astronaut Nowak to rely on insanity defense
91389
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.
60994
By Traci Watson  HOUSTON -- Crewmembers of the next space shuttle flight said Thursday that they hope their mission next month will help deflect public and media attention from the charges against astronaut Lisa Nowak.
630866
U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak's detail as a NASA astronaut will be terminated, effective Thursday, NASA and the U.S. Navy said Wednesday in a written statement issued jointly.
589574
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.
386645
ORLANDO, Florida  - The trial of former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she attacked a romantic rival has been postponed until next year to allow prosecutors time to prepare for an insanity defense, according to a court order.
94840
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.
421192
By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Last summer, astronaut Lisa Nowak was soaring 220 miles above Earth, floating in the rarefied air of the international space station.
424487
Lisa Nowak faced her romantic rival in court Friday during a tense day in the NASA love triangle case that was capped with the ex-astronaut apologizing to the other woman for "frightening her in any way."
11226
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.
689902
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.
393261
NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was released on bail but ordered to stay away from the other woman and to wear a monitoring device
719290
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.
137425
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.
661496
The trial of former NASA  astronaut Lisa Nowak on charges she attacked a romantic rival  has been postponed until next year to allow prosecutors time to  prepare for an insanity defense, according to a court order.
274920
By LOS ANGELES TIMES  HOUSTON - After 19 years of marriage, three children and one magnificent shuttle flight into space, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak's life was beginning to unravel.
6210
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.
169415
When star-crossed astronaut Lisa Nowak stood before an Orlando magistrate facing scandalous criminal charges, she had an aggressive, square-jawed &quot;hired gun&quot; at her side.