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Oefelein was married to his first wife [17] and had not yet been accepted to the NASA Astronaut Corps when he met married and recently selected Astronaut Candidate Lisa Nowak in 1996. [18] When Oefelein became an astronaut candidate in 1998, he and Nowak became romantically involved while training together at NASA. [19]
In February 2007, Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after she accosted and pepper-sprayed Colleen Shipman, a U.S. Air Force captain romantically involved with astronaut William Oefelein, who had been in a relationship with Nowak. She was released on bail and initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, which included attempted kidnapping ...
Oefelein was dismissed from NASA in 2007 due to his involvement in a love triangle with fellow astronaut Lisa Nowak. October 7 – 1998 ESA Group (ESA) Frank De Winne (Belgium), Léopold Eyharts (France), André Kuipers (Netherlands), Paolo Nespoli (Italy), Hans Schlegel (Germany), Roberto Vittori (Italy)
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Two members of the corps have been involuntarily dismissed: Lisa Nowak and William Oefelein. ... William Oefelein – STS-116; John Olivas – STS-117, STS-128;
Lisa M. Nowak (1 flight; dismissed from the Astronaut Corps and reassigned to the U.S. Navy) [77] STS-121 Discovery (ISS resupply mission; second Return to Flight mission after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster) [22] Lisa Nowak was arrested on February 5, 2007, after confronting a woman entangled in a love triangle with a fellow
Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, whose arrest ended her career, apologized to U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, her former romantic rival and the woman she is accused of terrorizing.
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