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Article: Ground control to Captain Nowak.(News)
- Article from:
- Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
- Article date:
- February 11, 2007
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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.
The navy captain had separated from her husband a few weeks earlier and, according to papers filed in court, began stalking a young female air force officer who was dating the Nasa astronaut for whom Nowak longed.
On Tuesday, the high-flying trajectory of Nowak's life veered into bizarre and sordid terrain as charges were filed against her in a Florida court for assault, attempted kidnapping and attempted murder.
Police arrested her early on Monday in a parking lot at the Orlando, Florida, international airport ...