Article: THE ASTRONUT; Last year she was on the space shuttle. Last night she left jail on bail accused of trying to murder a rival for a fellow astronaut's affections.(News)

Byline: By RYAN PARRY, US Correspondent

A WOMAN astronaut besotted with a handsome space shuttle colleague was in court yesterday for allegedly trying to kidnap and murder a younger love rival.

Lisa Nowak, 43, is said to have disguised herself in a trenchcoat, hood and wig and stalked Colleen Shipman armed with a knife, ballbearing gun and pepper spray.

She pounced in a car park, squirting her victim in the face with the spray - but Colleen managed to flee and alerted the police.

Police said they arrested Nowak, a married mum-of-three who was a crew member on ...

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