Ham Radio astronaut in murder plot charge A US astronaut accused of attacking a woman she considered competition for the affection of a shuttle pilot has been charged with attempted murder.
Earlier a Florida court had ordered that 43 year-old Navy Capt Lisa Nowak, KC5ZTB, who was facing charges of attempted kidnapping and battery, could be freed on bail.
However, the introduction of the more serious charge that she intended to murder Colleen Shipman reverses that.
A mother of three, Capt Nowak flew on the space shuttle Discovery last July.
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