Astronaut Out On Bail
NASA Astronaut Faces Attempted Murder Charges In Plot Against Romantic Rival
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Play CBS Video Video Astronaut's Love Triangle Woes A NASA astronaut was charged with the attempted murder of her rival. Sharyn Alfonsi reports on Lisa Nowak's entangled love affair that got out of hand.
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Video Analyzing Nowak's Arrest CBS News Space Analyst Bill Harwood talks with Katie Couric about NASA's process of screening potential astronauts.
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Video Love-Struck Astronaut Charged Space shuttle astronaut Lisa Nowak has been charged with attempted first-degree murder. She allegedly stalked a rival in a bizarre love triangle involving another astronaut. Drew Levinson reports.
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Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut and Navy captain, left, and Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein. Nowak was arrested on Feb. 5, 2007, for attempting to kidnap a woman she believed was romantically involved with Oefelein, police said. (AP)
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Lisa Nowak, foreground, a NASA astronaut, makes her initial court appearance in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 6, 2007, after being arrested on Monday at the Orlando International Airport. (AP Photo/Red Huber)
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Lisa Nowak, Orange County Sheriff's Department booking photo, left, and Space Shuttle STS-121 Mission Specialist photo. (AP Photo)
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In this undated photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak is shown. Nowak, 43, a U.S. Navy captain, was arrested on Feb. 5, 2007, for attempting to kidnap a woman she believed was romantically involved with another astronaut she was in love with, police said. (AP)
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Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut, is escorted to her initial court appearance in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Red Huber)
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Photo Essay Astronaut Arrested Charged with attempted murder in alleged kidnap attempt of romantic rival in love triangle with another astronaut.
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"I guess they didn't like the ruling in court this morning, did they? You think they would have done it if she was still in jail?" he said.
According to authorities, Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein, and when she found out Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, she decided to confront her early Monday, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn't have to stop to go to the bathroom, authorities said. Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry.
Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, she waited for Shipman's plane to land and then boarded the same airport shuttle bus Shipman took to get to her car, police said. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying, the statement said. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car, the affidavit said. Shipman drove to the parking lot booth and police were called.
An officer reported following Nowak and watching her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. Police also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.
Oefelein and Shipman, who worked at Patrick Air Force Base near the Kennedy Space Center, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak's status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged. "What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate," he said. He said there were no rules against fraternizing among astronauts.
NASA has programs to encourage astronauts and others to seek help for problems without a stigma being attached to it, CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood reports.
According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is a Naval Academy graduate who has a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. She has a teenage son and younger twin girls.
Oefelein has two children and began his aviation career as a teenager flying floatplanes in Alaska, according to a NASA biography. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and later earned a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He has been an astronaut since 1998.
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See all 221 CommentsJust goes to show you why Hillary is a bad choice, I don't think she would think twice about running off with some hot guy or gal and put this whole country in the tank.
their are roadside stops that take maybe 5-10 mins to stop and use the bathroom.
this is just plain dirty.
dont even try to defend this act of insanity.
Why do people insist talking about war on every one of these chat things.
if you wanna talk about those things talk about it under the apropiate article.
This is a hilarious article about some nut in diapers it dosent get much better then that.
Remember Bush Gave Bremer a medal!
L. Paul Bremer III, who was head of the Coalition Provisional Authority,was given 363 tons of cash that was loaded onto airplanes and sent into the war zone in 2003, adding that U.S. officials had "no way of knowing whether the cash would wind up in enemy hands." Can you believe this? Tons of money stacked on wooden platforms! Still they don't know where billions of dollars went?
Bush gave this idiot a medal! I know it is not as sensational as some love triangle with a married woman wearing a diaper chasing some rival woman who may be just as crazy over a man with a huge shwantz but people are dying at three a day in Iraq and still our Congress does nothing. This article is a welcome distraction to Congress and the Bush Administration. Please understand this.
It makes me uncomfortable to watch someone self-destruct publicly.
Hopefully this story will have a short news cycle. (fat chance)
Justice for everyone !
If she kidnaped she should be punished no matter what her social position.
Still think she's the best???
Better think again. If you can vote for her, you can vote for Lisa too.
it's no use! looks like i ran that incest-hillbilly out of this forum. he's mad because i let the truth out about him: a reject not even good enough to make tha ranks of some real idiots like tha KKK or even tha skin-heads. and secretly he wishes he was black like me.
Whoever you are,,,,,,you need serious help,,,,NOW
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why do you blame me for leaving? did i hit a sore spot? should i have not picked your *** brain? maybe if you stop fondling your grandfather we can then make this real interesting!
oh, and don't forget the spell-check this time either!
why leave now?
did i make you mad?
i'm sorry!
didn't mean to dog you about how you can't spell in all!
why leave now?
did i make you mad?
i'm sorry!
didn't mean to dog you about how you can't spell in all!
why leave now?
did i make you mad?
i'm sorry!
didn't mean to dog you about how you can't spell in all!
why do you say you hate black people when you really wanna be one? is that why you couldn't make the cut as KKK? did they find out?
i can stay up late!
it's ok!
i can still play with you!
do you feel good about yourself? i bet you couldn't even make it as KKK or even a skin-head. i'll bet you feel lonely wishin someone could have your back. is that why you wish YOU were black?
i bet you wish you were black huh?
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