# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lisa-nowak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:01:35.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lisa-nowak"
name: "Lisa Nowak"
slug: "lisa-nowak"
description: "Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and retired United States Navy officer. Nowak served as naval flight officer and test pilot in the Navy, and was selected by 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 involved in a highly publicized incident of criminal misconduct for which she eventually pleaded guilty to felony burglary and misdemeanor battery charges, resulting in her demotion from captain to commander, termination by NASA, and forced retirement from the Navy."
tagline: "American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lisa_M._Nowak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1963-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.45871733333334
  currentAttention:     5.760000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 241
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump