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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 .
Born on May 10, 1963, Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo) got interested in the space program at an early age after watching the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. To achieve her goal of being an astronaut, she became an all-rounder student during her school years and got accepted into the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
In February 2007, U.S. astronaut Lisa Nowak drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, to confront the woman who'd won the affections of an astronaut that Nowak had been...
As a NASA astronaut, she went into space as a mission flight engineer on July 4, 2006. She was a crew member on a 13-day Shuttle mission, operating the robotic arm for several spacewalks. A...
The film is loosely inspired by the life of NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was widely reported to have worn a diaper on a 14-hour cross country drive to confront the new flame of her former...
Fifteen years ago this month, astronaut Lisa Nowak drove more than 900 miles to attack her rival for the affections of fellow astronaut William Oefelein.
LISA M. NOWAK (CAPTAIN, USN) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER) PERSONAL DATA: Born May 10, 1963, in Washington, D.C. Married, with three children. Lisa enjoys bicycling, running, skeet, sailing, gourmet cooking, rubber stamps, crossword puzzles, piano, and African violets. As an undergraduate she competed on the track team.
Former NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Expelled from Navy Cosmonaut Biography: Oleg Kotov
Lisa Nowak is the real woman Portman’s character Lucy Cola is based on. Nowak was a NASA astronaut and former navy captain, who went to space in 2006 on shuttle Discovery.
American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1996-2007. US Navy test pilot. Status: Inactive; Active 1996-2007. Born: 1963-05-10. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 12.78 days. Birth Place: Washington, District of Columbia. Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Lisa M. Nowak (CAPTAIN, USN) NASA Astronaut (Former)