Lisa Nowak

Lisa Nowak

Infobox Astronaut
name =Lisa Nowak



type =NASA Astronaut
nationality =American
status =Dismissed, re-assigned to US Navy
date_birth =birth date and age|1963|5|10
place_birth =Washington, D.C., U.S.
date_death =
place_death =
previous_occupation =Test Naval Flight Officer
rank =Captain, USN
selection =1996 NASA Group
time = 12d 18h 36 m
mission =STS-121
insignia =|

Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo) (born May 10, 1963) is a United States naval officer and a former NASA astronaut.cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nowak.html|title=Astronaut Bio: Lisa M. Nowak (03/2007)|publisher=NASA|month=October | year=2006|accessdate=2007-02-06] Born in Washington, DC, she was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a mission specialist in robotics. Nowak flew aboard Space Shuttle "Discovery" during mission STS-121 in July 2006. She was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station.

Nowak gained international attention on February 5, 2007, when she was arrested in Orlando, Florida, and subsequently charged with the attempted kidnapping of U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, the girlfriend of astronaut William Oefelein.cite news|last=Hauser|first=Christine|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/us/06cnd-astronaut.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=e460bff9d1a01979&ex=1328418000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=Astronaut Charged with Attempted Kidnapping|publisher=New York Times|date=2007-02-06|accessdate=2007-02-06] Nowak was released on bail, pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested a jury trial. Nowak's assignment to the space agency as an astronaut was terminated by NASA effective March 8, 2007.cite press release |url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/mar/HQ_07026_Nowak_Status.html |title=Statement Regarding the Status of Lisa Nowak |publisher=NASA |date=2007-03-07|accessdate=2007-03-07]

Early life and Navy career

Lisa Nowak is the daughter of Alfredo and Jane Caputo of Rockville, Maryland. She first became interested in the space program when she was six years old, watching the Apollo moon landings. Nowak followed the space shuttle program, particularly the introduction of women astronauts, while she was growing up. She graduated from Charles W. Woodward High School in Rockville, Maryland, in 1981, and received a BS degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985. Nowak received a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering in 1992 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Military career

Nowak received her commission from the U.S. Navy in 1985, and became a naval flight officer in 1987. After her postgraduate studies, Nowak entered Aerospace Engineering Duty and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. She logged over 1,500 hours of flight in over 30 different aircraft during her career in the Navy, and obtained the rank of captain.

NASA career

Nowak was selected to be an astronaut in 1996 and entered the NASA Astronaut Corps at Johnson Space Center in August of that year. She qualified as a mission specialist in robotics, and was assigned to mission STS-118. After schedule changes, she instead went into space on July 4, 2006 as a member of the STS-121 crew to the International Space Station. Nowak served as mission flight engineer, operated the shuttle's robotic arm during several spacewalks, and logged almost 13 days in space.

On February 6, 2007, following an arrest in Florida for attempted kidnapping, she was placed on 30-day leave by NASA. She returned to Houston, Texas on a commercial airline flight the next day and reportedly was taken immediately under police escort to the Johnson Space Center for medical and psychiatric evaluation. Nowak's assignment to NASA as a serving naval officer was terminated by the space agency on March 7, 2007.Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17502655/|title=NASA fires astronaut Lisa Nowak|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=MSNBC|year=2007|author=MSNBC] [cite news |last=Stone |first=Andrea |title=In Houston, concern for Nowak—and little affection for reporters |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-07-astronaut-houston_x.htm
publisher=USA Today |date=2007-03-07 |accessdate=2007-03-09
]

After NASA

Nowak remains on active duty with the US Navy and was subsequently ordered to work on the staff of the chief of naval air training in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she is involved in development of flight training curricula for broad use throughout the Navy. [cite news |last=Doukopil|first=Tony |title=Lisa Nowak's Strange Spacewalk|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19695788/site/newsweek/
publisher=Newsweek|date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2007-07-17
] Naval officials are waiting for her kidnapping case to be resolved before taking further action. [cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/science/space/08astronaut.html?ex=1331010000&en=bc9edf1400e47963&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=NASA Fires Arrested Astronaut|author=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|date=2007-03-08|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21] Military law experts state that while the Navy rarely brings charges against officers for adultery, it is seen as conduct unbecoming an officer, and demonstrates bad judgment.Cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-06-astronaut-nowak_N.htm|title=E-mails offer clues to astronauts' triangle|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=USA Today|year=2007|author=Traci Watson]

On June 5, 2007, Nowak was awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal at Johnson Space Center, Houston.Cite web|url=http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2007/05/upcoming_awards_1.html|title=2007 NASA Honor Awards Ceremony at JSC|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=NASA Watch.com|year=2007|author=NASA Watch.com]

Personal

Nowak married Richard T. Nowak, a classmate at both the Naval Academy and Navy flight school, in 1988. [cite news |first = Nell |last = Boyce |url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7226705 |title = Astronaut Faces Attempted-Murder Charges |work = All Things Considered |publisher = NPR |date = 2007-02-06 |accessdate = 2006-02-06 ] Richard Nowak is employed by a NASA contractor at Johnson Space Center. [cite news|last=Schneider|first=Mike|url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070207/D8N55RQ00.html|title=NASA to Review Screening Process|publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-02-07|accessdate=2007-02-08] The Nowaks have three children, a son born in 1992 and twin daughters born in 2001.cite news|last=McLaughlin|first=Moira E.|url=http://www.cathstan.org/news/10-26-06/2.shtml|title=Shuttle astronaut visits Stone Ridge|publisher=The Catholic Standard|date=2006-10-26|accessdate=2007-02-06] Although the Nowaks are still married, a statement from the family indicated that they separated in January 2007. [cite web |title = Statement From the Family of Lisa Nowak |author=EarthTimes.org|publisher = EarthTimes.org |date = 2007-02-06 |url = http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,56581.shtml |accessdate = 2007-02-06 ] Her reported hobbies have included reading, running, piano, gardening, skeet shooting, gourmet cooking, rubber stamp collecting, and crossword puzzles.

Immediately after Oefelein's divorce, he and Nowak became involved with each other. Their affair lasted two years, and then Oefelein began to break it off gradually near the end of 2006 while starting a relationship with Colleen Shipman, who works as an engineer at Patrick Air Force Base. [cite news|last=Kluger |first=Jeffrey |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1587281-1,00.html |title=Houston, She's Got Some Problems |publisher=TIME |date=2007-02-08 |accessdate=2007-02-10] Cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3112215&page=1|title=Before Alleged Assault, Ex-Astronaut Nowak Was on the Outs at NASA|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=ABC News|year=2007|author=Gina Sunseri] [ cite news|last=Lundy|first=Sarah|coauthors=
title= Former astronaut Lisa Nowak's attitude cost her mission|work=|pages=|language=
publisher=Orlando Sun-Sentinal|date= May 2, 2007
url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-mnowak0207may02,0,2172150.story?coll=sfla-news-florida|accessdate=2007-05-15
]

Charges of attempted kidnapping at Orlando Airport

According to police reports, Nowak drove from Houston, Texas USA to Orlando, Florida, USA on February 4–5, 2007. She had packed latex gloves, a black wig, a BB pistol and ammunition, pepper spray, a hooded tan trench coat, a 2-pound hammer drill, black gloves, rubber tubing, plastic garbage bags, about US$585 in cash, her computer, an eight-inch (203 mm) Gerber folding knife and several other items before driving the 900 miles (1,450 km) to Florida. Early police reports indicated that she used diapers during the trip but she later vehemently denied wearing them through her lawyer. [cite news |last=Reed |first=Travis |title=Former astronaut wants evidence thrown out |url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070919/D8ROJMJ00.html |publisher="Associated Press" |date=(September 19, 2007) |accessdate=2007-09-30] [cite news |last=Schneider |first=Mike |title=Lawyer: Ex-astronaut didn't wear diaper |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19508417/ |publisher="Associated Press" |date=(June 29, 2007) |accessdate=2007-09-20] On February 5, 2007, Nowak went to the Orlando International Airport, waited for about an hour in the baggage claim, and then proceeded to the airport parking lot, where she located and confronted Colleen Shipman, who had just arrived from Houston by plane. [cite news |last=Ellis |first=Jim |title=Nowak's Car Had Bondage Photos, Pills |url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3027911&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 |publisher="Associated Press" |date=(2007-04-10) |accessdate=2007-09-30]

According to police reports,Fact|date=December 2007 Shipman said that upon arriving, she was aware of someone following her to a satellite parking area. When she got into her car, she heard running steps and quickly locked the door. Nowak slapped the window and tried to open the car door, asked for a ride, then started crying. Shipman rolled down the window a couple of inches after which Nowak sprayed the pepper spray into the car. Shipman drove off to the parking lot booth where police were summoned. Several Orlando Police Department officers arrived minutes later, with the first officer observing Nowak throwing a bag into the trash at a parking shuttle bus stop.

Arrest

On February 5, 2007, Nowak was arrested at Orlando International Airport on charges of attempted kidnapping, battery, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, and destruction of evidence. [cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-pdf-nowakaffidavit,0,1599643.acrobat?coll=orl-home-headlines|title=Second charging affidavit, Orlando Police|author=Orlando Police Department|publisher=Orlando Sentinel/Orlando Police |date=2007-02-06] [cite web |title=Orlando Police Department forensic examination report|author=Orlando Police Department|publisher=Orlando Police/KHOU.com|url=http://www.khou.com/images/0704/nowak1.pdf |format=PDF |date=2007-03-12] Nowak was detained and subsequently arrested.Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/06/national/main2438514.shtml|title=Astronaut Nabbed In Bizarre Kidnap Plot|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=CBS News|year=2007|author=CBS/Associated Press] In a handwritten request for a protective order against Nowak after her arrest, Shipman referred to Nowak as an acquaintance of a boyfriend but did not identify Oefelein, and also claimed Nowak had been stalking her for two months.Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/06/astronaut.arrested/index.html|title=Astronaut granted bond on attempted murder charge|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=CNN|year=2007|author=CNN] Nowak told investigators she was involved in a relationship with fellow astronaut Oefelein which she described as being "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship." Citing evidence of elaborate planning, disguises and weapons, police recommended she be held without bail, but Nowak was later released on $10,000 bond.Cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2928058|title=Shuttle Pilot: Nowak Showed No Emotion|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=ABC News|year=2007|author=Mike Schneider for The Associated Press] cite news|last=Watson|first=Traci |url= http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-05-astronaut-arrested_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA|title=Astronaut posts bail after being charged with attempted first-degree murder|publisher=USA Today|date=2007-02-07|accessdate=2007-02-07] cite web |title=Orlando Police Department charging affidavit |publisher=Florida Today|author=Orlando Police|date=2007-02-05 |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/assets/pdf/A96043925.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-02-06]

Arraignment

Two fellow astronauts flew to Florida in NASA T-38 Talon jets to visit Nowak in jail and otherwise make contact with her: [cite news |last=Curtis |first=Henry Pierson |title=Astronaut's victim claims she was stalked |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-mastmain0707feb07,0,4924087.story
publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date=2007-02-07 |accessdate=2007-02-09
] Christopher Ferguson, the senior Naval Officer in the NASA Astronaut Corps, went as Nowak's commanding officer, and retired Air Force Colonel Steve Lindsey, who was the commander of Nowak's shuttle mission, STS-121, went as Chief of the Astronaut Office, the senior astronaut at NASA. On February 6, 2007, both appeared before a judge on her behalf. The state attorney argued that the facts indicated a well-thought-out plan to kidnap and perhaps to injure Ms. Shipman. While arguing for pre-trial release Nowak's attorney remarked, “One’s good works must count for something.” Nowak was ordered released on $15,500 bail under the condition she wear a GPS tracking device and not contact Shipman. [cite news |title=NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Charged With Attempted Kidnapping, Released on Bail|last=Associated Press |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250415,00.html
work=FoxNews.com|date=2007-02-06|accessdate=2007-02-06
]

Before Nowak could be released, however, Orlando police charged Nowak with attempted first-degree murder and announced she would not be released on bail. Her lawyer alleged that police and prosecutors, unhappy that Nowak had been granted bail, pressed more serious charges solely to keep her confined to jail.cite news |last=Curtis |first=Henry Pierson |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-bk-nasaastronaut0507feb05,0,6104316.story?coll=orl-home-headlines |title=Space shuttle astronaut arrested at OIA on attempted kidnapping, battery charges |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date=2007-02-06|accessdate=2007-02-06] In the second arraignment Nowak was charged with attempted first degree murder with a deadly weapon, for which the judge raised bail by $10,000. After posting bail, Nowak was released from jail. Shipman dropped her request for a protection order on February 15.Cite web|url=http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070218/NEWS/702180378/1004|title=Petition Against Nowak Is Dropped|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=The Ledger|year=2007|author=The Associated Press]

Reactions

There was widespread reaction to Nowak's arrest with concerns expressed about NASA's astronaut selection and screening process and planned 30-month missions to Mars. [cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/01/griffin.nowak/index.html |title=NASA chief: We didn't recognize Nowak was troubled |author=CNN |publisher=CNN |accessdate=2007-03-06 |date=2007-03-02] Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22261045/|title=Terms of endearment buried in e-mails|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=MSNBC|year=2007|author=MSNBC] Some indicated that NASA presentation of astronauts as heroes is part of the problem because of the social pressure it brings to bear on them. [cite news |last=Borenstein |first=Seth |url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070209/D8N62FQG0.html |title=Astronaut Culture Stresses Achievement |publisher=Associated Press |date=2007-02-09 |accessdate=2007-02-09] Some perceived her treatment in the criminal process as lenient.Cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/09/02/oped/mayette.q..tabada.matamata.html|title=Back to the future|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Sun.Star Publishing, Inc. |year=2007|author=Mayette Q. Tabada] Others have been shocked that her misfortunes have been the subject of parody.Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,250415,00.html|title=NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Charged With Attempted Murder in Bizarre Love Triangle|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Fox News|year=2007|author=Fox News] [cite news |last=Rivenburg |first=Roy |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-spacediaper9feb10,0,2527297.story?coll=la-home-headlines|title=NASA diapers become topic No. 1|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=2007-02-09|accessdate=2007-11-18] [cite news|URL=http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/view/columns/3618016.html|title=The public stoning of Lisa Nowak|author=Editorial|publisher=Kennebec Journal|date=2007-02-15|accessdate=2007-06-24; cite news|URL=http://www.ifeminists.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.90|title=No More Jokes About Lisa Nowak, Please|author=David K.M. Klaus|publisher=ifeminists.com|date=2007-02-10|accessdate=2007-06-24]

Evidence released before trial

On April 10, 2007, Florida prosecutors released additional material in the case. The previous week, the trial judge had agreed to unseal some of the documents that described items found in Nowak's car after her arrest. Among these items were a handwritten note on USS Nimitz stationery listing Shipman's flight information and "Flight Controller's Log" paper with a handwritten list of more than 24 items, including sneakers, plastic gloves, contacts, cash, an umbrella, and black sweats. A floppy disk contained two photographs of Nowak riding in a bicycle race, and fifteen images depicting an unidentified woman in different stages of undress. An evidence report dated March 15 indicated that nearly all of the photographs and drawings depicted bondage scenes.Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265170,00.html|title=Police Discover Bondage Images in Car of Lovesick NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Fox News|year=2007|author=Fox News] Also found was $585.00 (USD), and 41.00 GBP in cash, and four brown paper towels with 69 orange pills that were not publicly identified. Investigators also examined two USB drives found in the car. They contained family pictures, digital movies, and NASA-related materials. Investigators concluded that the information on the disk and USB drives did not have any direct relationship to the alleged kidnapping attempt.cite news|last= Ellis|first= Jim|coauthors=
title=Nowak's Car Had Bondage Photos, Pills |work=|pages=|language=
publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-04-10 |accessdate=2007-04-11
]

Oefelein reportedly provided Nowak with a cell phone to communicate with him. Phone records show that she called him at least 12 times, and sent 7 text messages the day after he returned from his shuttle flight on December 22, but he did not pick up until December 24, when they had a seven-minute conversation. During December and January, over 100 calls were recorded, although it is unclear who called whom. Under questioning by NASA and military investigators, Oefelein reportedly stated that he had broken off the relationship with Nowak, but he had her to lunch in his apartment at least once in January, and they continued to train for a bicycle race, as well as go to the gym together. [cite news|last= Sunseri|first= Gina|coauthors=
title=Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak's lawyer considers insanity plea|work=|pages=|language=
publisher=ABC13.com|date=2007-05-11
url=http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5296676|accessdate=2007-05-15
] [cite news|last= Schneider|first= Mike|coauthors=
title=New Documents Paint Portrait of Fallen NASA Astronaut|work=|pages=|language=
publisher=Space.com|date=2007-05-02
url=http://www.space.com/news/ap_070502_nowak_documents.html|accessdate=2007-05-15
]

On May 11 2007, authorities released a surveillance video from the Orlando International Airport terminal purporting to show Nowak waiting for nearly an hour, standing near the baggage claim, then donning a trench coat and later following Shipman after she retrieved her bags. [cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=
title= Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak's lawyer considers insanity plea|work=|pages=|language=
publisher=Associated Press|date= 11 May 2007
url=http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5297758 |accessdate 2007-05-15
]

Ongoing case

On February 13, 2007, Nowak entered a written plea of not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping. On March 2 Florida prosecutors filed three formal charges against Nowak: (1) attempted kidnapping with intent to inflict bodily harm or terrorize, (2) burglary of a conveyance with a weapon, and (3) battery.Cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4598826.html|title=Astronaut won't face attempted murder|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Houston Chronicle|year=2007|author=Kim Cobb, Mark Carreau] The prosecutors declined to file the attempted murder charge which had been recommended by Orlando police. Nowak formally entered a plea of not guilty in relating to the kidnapping charges on March 22 at an arraignment hearing although she was not present in person. Nowak's attorney, who filed the plea with the Orange County court, requested a jury trial. The trial was originally due to commence on July 30, 2007, but was postponed until April 7, 2008 to allow the prosecution time to prepare for an anticipated insanity defense. On January 16, 2008, a judge postponed the trial, as well as the pretrial hearing to be held on March 12, 2008 indefinitely, pending the outcome of the state's appeal of an earlier decision to suppress evidence obtained on the day of her arrest. [cite news|last=Moore |first=Kimberley C. |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070217/NEWS02/702170336/1007 |title=Judge Sets Nowak's Trial Date |publisher=Central Florida News 13 |date=2007-02-18 |accessdate=2007-02-18] cite news|last=Lundy |first= Sarah |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-nowak1708jan17,0,7794393.story|title=Appeal freezes trial for ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak|publisher=Orlando Sentinal|date=2008-01-17 |accessdate=2008-01-20] A pre-trial hearing was held on July 17, 2007, and further hearings were to be held on September 19, to argue defense motions to suppress some of the evidence obtained on the day of her arrest.cite news|last=Schweers|first=Jeff|coauthors=
title=Hearing in Lisa Nowak case delayed|work=Florida Today|pages=|language=
publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=2007-03-02
url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/BREAKINGNEWS/70409009/1007|accessdate=2007-04-12
] cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=
title=Ex-astronaut pleads not guilty to kidnap charge|work=CNN|pages=|language=
publisher=Associated Press|date=2007-03-22
accessdate=2007-03-24
] [cite news|last= Sunseri|first= Gina|coauthors=
title=Ex-astronaut Lisa Nowak's lawyer considers insanity plea|work=|pages=|language=
publisher=ABC13.com|date=2007-05-11
url=http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=5296676|accessdate=2007-05-15
]

On August 12, 2007 Nowak asked to have her GPS ankle bracelet removed,Cite web|url=http://www.space.com/news/070824_ap_nowak_courtupdate.html|title=Ex-Astronaut Wants Ankle Bracelet Off |accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Space.com|year=2007|author=Travis Reed] which the judge agreed to on August 30.Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3027875220070830|title=Ex-astronaut Nowak allowed to shed ankle bracelet|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=Reuters|year=2007|author=Barbara Liston] On August 28, the trial judge unsealed a court document indicating that Nowak intended to pursue an insanity defense. Her lawyer stated that she suffered from major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Asperger's syndrome, insomnia, and "brief psychotic disorder with marked stressors" at the time of the incident.Cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2007-08-28-nowak-defense_N.htm|title=Lisa Nowak pursuing insanity defense|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=USA Today|year=2007|author=Associated Press]

On November 2, 2007, the trial judge ruled to suppress Nowak's initial (pre-Miranda) statements to police, as well as all evidence found in her vehicle, citing police misconduct in their initial search and questioning.Cite web|url=http://www.wesh.com/news/14498841/detail.html|title=Judge: Evidence From Nowak's Car Not Allowed In Court|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=January 21|publisher=WESH Channel 2 NBC|year=2007|author=WESH.com] The prosecution appealed that ruling on November 8. A hearing on that appeal has been scheduled for October 21, 2008 Cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-lisa-nowak-hearing-090908,0,2006179.story|title=Hearing set for Oct. 21 in Lisa Nowak case|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=September 11|publisher=Orlando Sentinal|year=2008|author=Sarah Lundy] .

In popular culture

*Her case was used as inspiration for the episode "" on "", which aired May 1, 2007. [cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/05012007/tv/lust_in_space_tv_adam_buckman.htm|author=Adam Buckman|publisher=The New York Post|title=Lust in Space: Astro-Nut Blasts Off On 'L&O'|date=2007-05-01|accessdate=2007-05-04]
*She was referenced in the "30 Rock" episode "The Fighting Irish", in which Liz wanted to fire her romantic rival.
*She is referenced in the Common song "Drivin' Me Wild" from the 2007 album "Finding Forever", in a verse where the rapper says, "Doing all that she can for a man and a baby/Driving herself crazy like the astronaut lady".
*Her kidnapping attempt was parodied on the 2007 show of the annual VH1 special "Best Year Ever".
*Her kidnapping incident appeared in "MAD" magazine's "Top 20 dumbest people, events, and things" of 2007 as #8.
*American sports TV host Jim Rome harshly lambasted Nowak on "Jim Rome is Burning" & cited that the Orlando police should not have arrested her for attempted murder, but for a charge of "a person wearing a diaper over the age of 3!"
*The pilot episode of the series "Chuck" depicts "Astro Diapers" on display on the wall as a background as the main character enters "Large Mart" to make a purchase.
*Lisa Nowak's alleged use of diapers was the subject of a question on Britain's "Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2007".
*A verse in Ben Folds' song Cologne on the album Way To Normal says, "Says here an astronaut/Put on a pair of diapers/Drove eighteen hours/To kill her boyfriend," in an allusion to the kidnapping charges against Lisa Nowak.

References

External links

* [http://www.wsradio.com/wsradio-player.cfm/type/windows/show/Go-Navy-Radio/segment/8304.html Lisa Nowak Audio Interview] on Go Navy Radio, December 18, 2006
* [http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=1&pmmsid=1746101 Lisa Nowak Postflight Audio Interview] from [http://reference.aol.com/ AOL Research & Learn] October 18, 2006
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-121/net56/sts-121_fdh08_02_56.asf Lisa Nowak Inflight Video Interview - Spaceflight Experience] NASA (Windows Media Player)
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-121/net56/sts121_fd10_2_56.asf Lisa Nowak Inflight Video Interview - Eating and Family Contact] NASA (Windows Media Player)
* [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-121/wave/fd04.wav Lisa Nowak Inflight Audio - Wake Up Call on Flight Day 4 with Her Response] NASA (Wav)

Further reading

*"Out There: The In-Depth Story of the Astronaut Love Triangle Case that Shocked America" - Diane Fanning - St. Martin's Paperbacks - 2007 - ISBN 0312949308


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  • Lisa Nowak — Lisa Marie Nowak Nacimiento 10 de mayo de 1963, Washington, USA Estudios Piloto Rango …   Wikipedia Español

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  • Lisa Marie Nowak — Lisa Nowak Land (Behörde): USA (NASA) Datum der Auswahl: 1. Mai 1996 (16. NASA Gruppe) Anzahl der Raumflüge: 1 Start erster Raumflug: 4. Jul …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Lisa Novack — Lisa Nowak Pour les articles homonymes, voir Nowak. Lisa Nowak Astronaute Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nowak — ist ein Familienname polnischer bzw. sorbischer Herkunft und bedeutet übersetzt so viel wie „Der Neue“. Bekannte Namensträger sind: Andreas Nowak (* 1982), deutscher Musiker (Silbermond) Anna Nowak (* 1966), polnische Schauspielerin Bruno Nowak… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lisa (Vorname) — Lisa (auch: Liesa) ist eine Kurzform des weiblichen Vornamens Elisabeth. Der Name ist auch als selbständiger Taufname gebräuchlich. Er wird heute meist in der moderneren Form ohne „e“ gewählt. Der Name Lisa gehört nicht wie Elisabeth dem biblisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • LISA — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Lisa peut désigner : Sommaire 1 Acronymes 2 Personnes 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nowak — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour l’article homophone, voir Novak. Patronymie Brent Nowak est un acteur, producteur, monteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain, Cécile Nowak… …   Wikipédia en Français

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