Orlando, Fla.
Fellow astronauts described Lisa Nowak as smart, hardworking and a good mother, but also selfish and unwilling to perform tasks for which she hadn’t trained, according to documents released Tuesday by the state attorney’s office.That glimpse into the astronaut’s life was found in almost 150 pages of documents that include summaries of interviews with four astronauts following Nowak’s arrest in February on charges of attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault and battery.
Police said she drove from Houston to Orlando to confront Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman. Authorities have said Nowak had an affair with Shipman’s boyfriend, Bill Oefelein, a fellow astronaut.
Nowak, 43, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. NASA released her from the astronaut corps a month after her arrest, and she now is working at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.
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