Tuesday, September 11, 2007

space shuttle flight STS-121

From 5/10/1963 to 4/14/1977 is: 13 years, 340 days (Day,Week,Month,Year)

1-334

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak

Missions STS-121

Lisa Marie Nowak (née Caputo) (born May 10, 1963 in Washington, D.C.), is a United States Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. She was selected by NASA in 1996 and qualified as a mission specialist in robotics. Nowak flew aboard the Space Shuttle during mission STS-121 in July 2006. She was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station.





1970: 7 & 11

From 3/29/1965 to 7/16/1970 is: 1935 days
From 7/16/1970 to 11/2/1975 is: 1935 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Oefelein

William Anthony "Bill" Oefelein ( ) (born March 29, 1965) is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. He flew as pilot of the STS-116 space shuttle mission.





http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20690847/

Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin said a former astronaut charged with attempted kidnapping should be "admired" for allegedly avoiding stops when she traveled cross-country to confront a romantic rival, but not excused for her behavior, according to a published report.

Lisa Nowak was arrested in February after police said the married mother of three had driven nearly 1,000 miles from Houston to Orlando, using diapers to avoid taking breaks.

"I think Nowak should be admired for traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car to put in gas or go to the restroom," Aldrin said in an interview published on Time magazine's Web site. "It is not excusable, but it is understandable for an achiever to fall into a trap."


In his comments about the Nowak case, Aldrin assumed that the police reports about Nowak’s cross-country trip — and about the diapers — were true. However, Nowak's attorney has called the allegation that she wore diapers to cut down on bathroom stops "the biggest lie in this preposterous tale." He said the toddler-size diapers found in Nowak's car were left over from a previous family trip.

Aldrin himself generated some buzz in 2002 when he slugged filmmaker Bart Sibrel during a confrontation outside a Beverly Hills hotel. Sibrel challenged the former astronaut to swear on a Bible that he landed on the moon, or admit that the landings were a hoax — then called him a "coward, a liar and a thief." It was at that point that Aldrin punched Sibrel in the face, as shown in a video that Sibrel's team was recording at the time.

Los Angeles authorities declined to prosecute Aldrin, saying that he was provoked.