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The space shuttle pilot at the center of a bizarre love triangle that included a former astronaut who now faces attempted kidnapping charges is leaving the space agency, NASA said Friday.Cmdr. Bill Oefelein will leave NASA on June 1, nearly four months after authorities believe his cooled relationship with Lisa Nowak led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Florida and confront her romantic rival.NASA requested a reassignment, and the Navy agreed, said Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Doug Gabos. The Navy expects to assign Oefelein to the Naval Network Warfare Command in Norfolk, Va., where he will work in the field of satellite communications. Oefelein will likely report for duty in July, Gabos said.Spokesman Jim Rostohar declined to comment on the reason behind Oefelein's reassignment."NASA has determined that Cmdr. Oefelein's detail is no longer required for the purposes it was originally granted," Rostohar said.A call to Oefelein's home phone was unanswered Friday.Oefelein, 42, was previ...
For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle — Discovery — is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the international s...
A Florida attorney says a couple who were rocketed into the public eye by the antics of a former astronaut are getting married.Kepler Funk, a Melbourne attorney who ...
An Orlando judge has denied a request from former astronaut Lisa Nowak to have her criminal record sealed.Judge Marc Lubet on Thursday dismissed Nowak's argument tha...
An attorney for a former astronaut wanted to set the record straight Friday: Lisa Nowak didn't wear diapers during the 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic riva...
A Florida appeals court on Tuesday questioned whether evidence found in the car of a former astronaut accused of making 1,000-mile drive to confront a romantic rival...
Other Man's Mother-in-Law: Nowak Broke Up My Daughter's MarriageThursday, February 08, 2007 By JEANE MacINTOSH in Houston, LORENA MONGELLI in Cape Canaveral, Fla., a...
Astronaut Couple in Controversial Love Triangle EngagedFriday, July 10, 2009Print Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentFeb. 5: NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak.Feb. 5: N...
Ex-Astronaut Lisa Nowak Wants Pepper Spray Charge DroppedWednesday, October 07, 2009Print APSept. 19, 2007: Lisa Nowak answers questions during a hearing at the Oran...
U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa M. Nowak
A former NASA astronaut charged with attacking a romantic rival pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and battery but was sentenced only to a year probation and no addi...
Profiles: Shuttle Discovery CrewMonday, December 04, 2006Print APThe STS-116 crew: Joan Higginbotham, William Oefelein, Robert Curbeam, Christer Fuglesang, Nicholas ...
Griffs Notes 2/7/07Wednesday, February 07, 2007by Griff JenkinsE-Mail Print Share:Wow… I go away for a couple of days to escape the arctic freeze in the Northeast an...
A former astronaut banished from NASA after she confronted a romantic rival in a bizarre episode is being kicked out of the Navy, officials said Thursday.Capt. Lisa ...
ORLANDO, Florida — A former astronaut banished from NASA after she confronted a romantic rival in a bizarre episode is being expelled from the Navy, officials said T...
A former NASA astronaut charged with attacking a romantic rival pleaded guilty Tuesday to burglary and battery but was sentenced only to a year probation and no addi...
The Navy should discharge former astronaut Lisa Nowak , who lost her NASA job over a bizarre airport attack on a romantic rival, according to a Navy panel that revie...
The former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignme...
Lisa Nowak was in the astronaut corps for a decade before she took her first and only space shuttle flight last summer during Discovery 's 13-day trip to the interna...
Former astronaut Lisa Nowak 's attorneys formally entered a not guilty plea Thursday to charges that she tried to kidnap a rival for a space shuttle pilot's affectio...