Lisa Nowak
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Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and flight test engineer in the Navy, and was
Nowak in 2005
An LTV EA-7L Corsair II of VAQ-34 in 1987
Nowak in the systems engineering simulator
Nowak reviews data on a computer monitor with Mark Kelly (center) and Steven W. Lindsey (right) during a training session at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
STS-121
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STS-121 was a 2006 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Discovery on its 32nd flight. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair tec
Lisa Nowak
…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…
Fossum and Sellers on the end of Discovery's Orbiter Boom Sensor System during the mission's first EVA
(L-R) Wilson, Fossum, Lindsey, Sellers, Kelly, Reiter, Nowak.Space Shuttle program← STS-114STS-115 →
ICC STS-121
Discovery is moved from the OPF to VAB for STS-121.