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Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo; born May 10, 1963) is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996, qualifying as a mission specialist in robotics.
Public awareness of astronaut diapers rose significantly following the arrest of Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut charged with attempted murder, who gained notoriety in the media when the police reported she had driven 900 miles, with an adult diaper so she would not have to stop to urinate. [13]
William Anthony "Bill" Oefelein (/ ˈ oʊ f ɛ l aɪ n /; born March 29, 1965) is an American freelance adventure writer and photographer and former NASA astronaut who, on his only spaceflight, piloted the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission.
The woman accused of stowing away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris was arrested again, this time while reportedly trying to get into Canada. Svetlana Dali had been given an ankle monitor ...
A Washington, D.C. man has been arrested for threatening flight attendants on a United Airlines plane traveling from Houston to New Jersey. Kedus Yacob Damtew, 38, was charged with one count of ...
A NASA astronaut is being accused of multiple crimes committed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), according to The New York Times. Anne McClain, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army ...
These diapers were first used in 1983, during the first Challenger mission. [5] Disposable underwear, first introduced in the 1960s as baby's diapers then in 1980 for adult incontinence, appealed to NASA as a more practical option. [11] In 1988, the Maximum Absorbency Garment replaced the DACT for female astronauts. [12]
A 1-month-old baby boy wearing only a diaper was found alone on a Colorado street on Christmas Day and his parents are now under behind bars. A passerby saw the baby alone in his car seat around 9 ...