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Lisa Nowak

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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. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. In 2007, Nowak was involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pleaded guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, and termination by NASA and the Navy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lisa Nowak is the 323rd most popular astronaut (up from 358th in 2019), the 11,725th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,949th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Lisa Nowak ranks 323 out of 556. Before her are Tracy Caldwell Dyson, James van Hoften, Timothy Kopra, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, and Aleksandr Poleshchuk. After her are Yuri Shargin, Umberto Guidoni, Lee Archambault, Ronald J. Grabe, Jing Haipeng, and Loren Shriver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Lisa Nowak ranks 511. Before her are Criss Oliva, Marcus Nispel, Kevin Chamberlin, Timothy Kopra, Urjit Patel, and Malcolm Gladwell. After her are Igor Paklin, Joanna Going, Mari Iijima, Govinda, Ambika, and Daniel Roebuck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lisa Nowak ranks 11,727 out of 20,380. Before her are James Jones (1980), George Perle (1915), Charlie Rose (1942), Patricia Richardson (1951), Alvah Bessie (1904), and Barbara Mikulski (1936). After her are Anna Belknap (1972), Jim Byrnes (1948), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Gregory S. Paul (1954), Chester Morris (1901), and Lloyd Ruby (1928).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Lisa Nowak ranks 155. Before her are Thomas Akers (1951), Jeffrey A. Hoffman (1944), Tracy Caldwell Dyson (1969), James van Hoften (1944), Timothy Kopra (1963), and Serena Auñón-Chancellor (1976). After her are Lee Archambault (1960), Ronald J. Grabe (1945), Loren Shriver (1944), Anthony W. England (1942), William S. McArthur (1951), and Catherine Coleman (1960).

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