Following a NASA report prompted by the February arrest of astronaut-turned-kidnapping conspirator Lisa Nowak, House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) announced that his committee will investigate how NASA tends to astronauts’ medical and mental health.

The hearing will likely be conducted in early September by the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

Summarizing its findings, the panel wrote that “preparation for exploration class space flight requires NASA to focus much more attention on human behavior,” and recommended that NASA change “deep seated, long standing aspects of astronaut, flight surgeon, and safety cultures regarding alcohol use, code of conduct, acknowledgement of human performance issues, selection, training, evaluation and professional development, communication, and privacy.”

“You only have to read the report to know that something clearly seems to be broken in NASA's system of astronaut oversight,” Gordon said.

In February, astronaut Lisa Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Fla. for attempting to kidnap fellow astronaut Colleen Shipman in a parking lot, allegedly motivated by jealousy over Shipman’s relationship with Space Shuttle pilot Bill Oefelein. Nowak reportedly approached Shipman’s car and assaulted her with pepper spray; police say Nowak was later seen discarding a wig and BB gun.

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale has said the agency is moving forward to implement the panel’s recommendations, telling press that NASA is “committed to improving the behavioral care and assessment procedures for astronauts,” and that the agency believes “the resulting modifications will be good for the astronaut corps and for NASA.”