Photo: AP/Orange County Sheriff’s DepartmentBy Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Disguised in a dark wig, glasses and a trench coat, U.S. space shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak waited in hiding for a woman she considered a rival for another astronaut’s affections and tried to kidnap her, police in Orlando said on Monday.
Nowak, 43, was arrested on charges including battery and attempted kidnapping, according to an Orlando police affidavit.
She told police she drove from Houston to the Orlando International Airport to confront Colleen Shipman, who Nowak considered a rival for the attentions of fellow astronaut Bill Oefelein, the affidavit said.
Nowak, a married flight engineer with three children, was awaiting her next flight assignment after traveling aboard the shuttle Discovery in July 2006. (more…)
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