"Rocket Man" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the death of a female astronaut who is found murdered in her hotel room on the morning of a press conference to promote an upcoming shuttle launch.
The investigation leads Goren and Eames question an ex-boyfriend and jealous colleagues of the dead woman, who was set to be the youngest astronau...
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"Rocket Man" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the death of a female astronaut who is found murdered in her hotel room on the morning of a press conference to promote an upcoming shuttle launch.
The investigation leads Goren and Eames question an ex-boyfriend and jealous colleagues of the dead woman, who was set to be the youngest astronaut ever to go up in space. As they probe further and deeper into the case, the investigators find a link to a suspicious married space-shuttle commander with whom the victim was having an affair, and a female crew member, who is a close friend of the commander's wife.
Close to the end, an unexpected twist changes everything. It turns out that the commander's wife made Sandy, a jealous colleague, believe that the commander loved her by sending her emails and gifts. She herself gave Sandy lotion for her dry skin which turned out to have steroids...
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