Can you commit a crime in space?

Nasa astronaut is under investigation in what could be the first crime committed in space

ISS
The International Space Station
(Image credit: 2006 NASA)

As investigation has been launched into what is believed to be the first crime committed in space, after an astronaut allegedly hacked into her wife’s bank account from the International Space Station (ISS).

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