About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Ada Lovelace, Lisa Nowak, Mae Jemison, Lynn Conway, Anousheh Ansari, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Delia Derbyshire, Sunita Williams, Elsie MacGill, Susan J. Helms, Mildred Dresselhaus, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Sheila Widnall, Judith Resnik, Society of Women Engineers, Wendy B. Lawrence, Nancy J. Currie, Claire Curtis-Thomas, Ursula Burns, Sandra Magnus, Joan Higginbotham, Jan Davis, Stephanie Wilson, Emily Warren Roebling, Kathryn P. Hire, Cynthia Breazeal, Kate Bellingham, Beatrice Shilling, Mary L. Cleave, Katia Sycara, Mary E. Weber, Hertha Marks Ayrton, Marsha Ivins, Kate Gleason, Ellen Ochoa, Susan Still Kilrain, Indira Samarasekera, Julia King, Victoria Drummond, Beulah Louise Henry, Caroline Haslett, Edith Clarke, Constance Tipper, Marta Bohn-Meyer, Andrea Wong, Margot Taule, Janice E. Voss, Beatrice Hicks, Missy Cummings, Marie Killick, Erna Schneider Hoover, Mandy Haberman, Dorothy Okello. Excerpt: Lisa Marie Nowak (nee Caputo) (born May 10, 1963) is a former American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut. Born in Washington, D.C., she was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a mission specialist in robotics. Nowak flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, where she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station. Nowak gained international attention on February 5, 2007, when she was arrested in Orlando, Florida, and subsequently charged with the attempted kidnapping of U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, who was romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein. Nowak was released on bail, and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and battery. Her assignment to the space agency as an astronaut was terminated by NASA effective March 8, 2007. On Nove...
