Lisa Nowak

Former astronaut and engineer

Lisa Nowak is an American astronaut and engineer. She is best known for being involved in the 2006 NASA astronaut scandal, in which she attempted to kill her rival, Colonel William Oefelein, and his wife, Jan, to prevent them from winning the NASA astronaut program. Nowak had been selected as a candidate for the astronaut program, but she was subsequently removed from the program after her involvement in the scandal...