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Nasa fires astronaut

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Astronaut Lisa Nowak has been dismissed from Nasa,
after being charged with trying to kidnap a woman she
saw as her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot.
Nasa officials however said the dismissal did not reflect
any belief in her guilt or innocence. She has pleaded
not guilty to attempted kidnapping and burglary with
assault.
Wednesday's move marked the first time Nasa has
publicly fired an astronaut, according to Roger Launius,
a space historian at the Smithsonian Institution. He said
Nowak, 43, was also the first active astronaut to be
charged with a felony.
Pellet gun
A spokeswoman for Nowak's lawyer said the former
astronaut did not have any immediate comment and
the mother of three did not respond to a call to her home.
Nowak is accused of confronting Colleen Shipman, the
woman who had become the girlfriend of Bill Oefelein,
a navy commander, after a 1,448km drive while wearing
an astronaut nappy so that she would not have to stop.
Police found a pellet gun, a steel mallet and a knife in
her car and Novak is said to have allegedly pepper
sprayed Shipman.
Oefelein previously had a romantic relationship with
Nowak and remains on active duty while working for
Nasa.
She was released on bail wearing a monitoring device
on her ankle. Chief astronaut Steve Lindsey told Nowak
late last month she would be fired from the astronaut
corps.

Administrative factors
After her arrest, Nasa placed Nowak on a 30-day leave.
Nasa said it lacked an administrative system to handle
the allegations because Nowak is a naval officer on
assignment to Nasa, rather than a Nasa civil servant.
James Hartsfield, a Nasa spokesman, said if Nowak
were a civil servant, Nasa would have the choice of
placing her on administrative leave, leave without pay
or indefinite suspension until the charges are resolved,
Nowak, a captain in the navy, will now return to the
military.
Lydia Robertson, a navy commander, said Novak
would be assigned to the staff at the chief of naval air
training in Corpus Christi, Texas, starting in two weeks.
Robertson said she did not know what job Nowak
would be doing. Nowak received a commission from
the US naval academy in 1985 and joined the astronaut
corps in 1996. She flew on her first and only space
shuttle mission last July during Discovery's 13-day
trip to the international space station
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