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Explores the often-overlooked psychological health of astronauts, examining how they are cared for and what changes have been made in recent years to support space travellers on long-term missions. Moore's story is a riveting journey inside the high-pressure world of one of America's most elite agencies and the life of one beleaguered astronaut.

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"Moore...explains in her gripping debut how Nowak, a decorated astronaut and mother of three, could risk everything for love.... This is must reading for true crime fans." —Publishers Weekly

“In 2007, former astronaut Lisa Nowak drove from Houston to Orlando to confront U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, the woman who broke up the ongoing affair between Nowak and another NASA astronaut, William Oefelein. She was arrested for assault after pepper-spraying Shipman, but the police had reason to believe murder may have been her intent. The details of Nowak’s crime are saved until the second half of the book. The first half focuses on her space flight in 2006, her colleagues’ thoughts about her, and her subsequent failure to qualify for a trip to the moon. Journalist Moore, who originally covered Nowak’s criminal trial for Florida Today, makes a compelling case that Nowak was suffering a breakdown at the time of the crime; not in spite of being an astronaut, but rather directly related to her career. The sections exploring the mental and emotional demands made of astronauts, and NASA’s declining mental-health screening and counseling protocols will fascinate readers. While the very detailed information about moon missions may distract some true-crime fans, this is an engaging character study of a woman who seemed to have everything and lost it all.”—Booklist

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    A Hardback by Kimberly C. Moore

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      Publisher: MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida
      Publication Date: 9/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813066547, 978-0813066547
      ISBN10: 0813066549
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the often-overlooked psychological health of astronauts, examining how they are cared for and what changes have been made in recent years to support space travellers on long-term missions. Moore's story is a riveting journey inside the high-pressure world of one of America's most elite agencies and the life of one beleaguered astronaut.

      Trade Review
      "Moore...explains in her gripping debut how Nowak, a decorated astronaut and mother of three, could risk everything for love.... This is must reading for true crime fans." —Publishers Weekly

      “In 2007, former astronaut Lisa Nowak drove from Houston to Orlando to confront U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, the woman who broke up the ongoing affair between Nowak and another NASA astronaut, William Oefelein. She was arrested for assault after pepper-spraying Shipman, but the police had reason to believe murder may have been her intent. The details of Nowak’s crime are saved until the second half of the book. The first half focuses on her space flight in 2006, her colleagues’ thoughts about her, and her subsequent failure to qualify for a trip to the moon. Journalist Moore, who originally covered Nowak’s criminal trial for Florida Today, makes a compelling case that Nowak was suffering a breakdown at the time of the crime; not in spite of being an astronaut, but rather directly related to her career. The sections exploring the mental and emotional demands made of astronauts, and NASA’s declining mental-health screening and counseling protocols will fascinate readers. While the very detailed information about moon missions may distract some true-crime fans, this is an engaging character study of a woman who seemed to have everything and lost it all.”—Booklist

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