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The human-interest story of the fortnight is surely the one about Lisa Nowak, the lovesick astronaut.(The Week)(Brief article)
The human-interest story of the fortnight is surely the one about Lisa Nowak, the lovesick astronaut. Aside from offering a rich trove of similes, allusions, and puns to witty editorialists ("star-crossed," "moonbat," "lust in space," "fatal gravitational attraction," etc., etc.), this tale of unrequited love and thwarted revenge has imperishable appeal. The object of Ms. Nowak's desire was Bill Oefelein, also a career astronaut. Mr. Oefelein's attentions, however, were fixed on a third NASA employee, Colleen Shipman. Having learned that her love rival would be arriving in Orlando by air, Ms. Nowak drove the 950 miles from Houston to confront Ms. Shipman in the airport ...
- Statement From the Family of Lisa Nowak.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 6, 2007 700+ words
...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from the family of Lisa Nowak: We will not be granting interviews at this time, but do want to issue...Contact: Donald Lykkebak, +1-407-425-4044, for the Family of Lisa Nowak
- Statement Regarding the Status of Lisa Nowak.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 7, 2007 700+ words
...NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, regarding the status of astronaut Lisa Nowak. "We are deeply saddened by this tragic event. The charges against Lisa Nowak are serious ones that must be decided by the judicial system. She is officially...
- EDITORIAL: Descent of an astronaut: What all of us don't know about Lisa...
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) February 9, 2007 700+ words
...something might have been done to pre-empt one of its own, Lisa Nowak, from driving in a single, bizarre dash from Houston to...collectively asked: What happened? What transpired in the mind of Lisa Nowak, a high-achieving mother, daughter, sister, wife and...
- Lisa Nowak: There was no choice: In court Wednesday, the issue was whether the...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) September 20, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Sarah Lundy and Sarah Langbein Sep. 20--Lisa Nowak didn't think the Orlando police detective questioning her played fair. But prosecutors say the former astronaut accused of trying...
- Boyfriend in Lisa Nowak astronaut love triangle sent back to Navy.
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) May 25, 2007 700+ words
...agency. Oefelein, a Navy commander, is at the center of a love triangle that turned violent in February when astronaut Lisa Nowak allegedly stalked and attacked Oefelein's girlfriend at Orlando International Airport. Oefelein, 42, has acknowledged...
- After astronaut Lisa Nowak tried to kidnap her love rival earlier this year,...
- Magazine article from: National Review August 27, 2007 700+ words
After astronaut Lisa Nowak tried to kidnap her love rival earlier this year, NASA commissioned an independent review of astronaut health care. The review...
- Rapid Descent; Lisa Nowak had been to space, but now she's wound up in police...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek February 19, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Arian Campo-Flores (With Gretel C. Kovach, Jonathan Mummolo, Alexandra Gekas and Lynn Waddell) Lisa Nowak was a super-mom. She helped raise three kids--a teenage son and twin 5-year-old daughters. She cooked and baked...
- Boyfriend in Lisa Nowak astronaut love triangle ousted from NASA: Bill...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) May 26, 2007 700+ words
...be sent back to the military effective June 1. Oefelein has admitted to being romantically involved with former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who is facing felony charges of attacking Oefelein's girlfriend in Orlando in February. Nowak, a Navy captain, already...