Is this the first crime committed in space? (2024)
For couples splitting up, it can feel as if your ex-partner is going to the ends of the Earth to make things difficult for you.
For one woman, she believes her former spouse's disagreeable behaviour extended into space.
NASA is investigating a claim that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her ex-partner while living at the International Space Station (ISS), according to The New York Times.
In what could be the first crime committed in space, astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improper access to her ex-wife's private financial records.
Ms McClain, who is thought to be on the shortlist to become the first woman on the moon, said she accessed the account but did nothing wrong.
Her ex-partner Summer Worden is reported to have complained to the federal trade commission and her family lodged a complaint with NASA's office of inspector general.
Ms McClain has returned to Earth after six months on the ISS and is contesting the complaint, telling The New York Times she was monitoring the family's finances in the same manner that had been previously agreed between the two women.
27, 2019)(“. . . NASA astronaut Anne McClain was accused by her estranged spouse, Summer Worden, of signing into Worden's personal bank account from a NASA-affiliated computer aboard the ISS. This alleged space invasion of privacy is being investigated by NASA's Office of the Inspector General.”).
She completed astronaut candidate training in July 2015. McClain most recently served as flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 58 and 59. She is an Instructor Astronaut for Robotics, EVA, and CAPCOM.
Activities carried out in space must abide by the international law and the nations undergoing these said activities must accept responsibility for the governmental or non-governmental agency involved. Objects launched into space are subject to their nation of belonging, including people.
As of February 2024 644 have reached the altitude of space according to the FAI definition of the boundary of space, and as of February 2024 681 people have reached the altitude of space according to the USAF definition and 610 people have reached Earth orbit.
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