Richard and Lisa Marie Nowak Marriage Profile

7/10/09: Lisa Nowak's trial is set for December 7, 2009 with a pretrial hearing scheduled for November 10, 2009. Lisa was charged with attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault, and misdemeanor battery. Also in the news, Colleen Shipman and Bill Oefelein, who currently reside in Alaska, became engaged on June 20, 2009.

3/7/07: NASA terminated their relationship with Lisa Nowak making her dismissal from the astronaut program effective 3/8/07. Lisa is still a captain in the US Navy, just not on loan to NASA now.

3/2/07: Lisa Nowak was formally charged. Although the charge of attempted murder was dropped against Lisa Nowak by Florida prosecutors, the remaining charges could put her in prison for life.

Here is information about the marriage of Lisa and Richard Nowak.

Born:

Lisa Marie Caputo Nowak: May 10, 1963 in Washington, D.C.

Richard T. Nowak: South Burlington, Vermont.

Richard and Lisa met when they were classmates at the Naval Academy and Navy flight school.

Richard and Lisa were married about 1988.

Although Lisa spoke of Richard's support in a September 2006 interview with Ladies Home Journal, she and Richard separated in January 2007.

Richard and Lisa have three children:

• Son: Born in 1992.
• Twin daughters: Born in 2001.

Lisa: Former astronaut, test pilot in U.S. Navy, engineer. "Lisa enjoys bicycling, running, skeet, sailing, gourmet cooking, rubber stamps, crossword puzzles, piano, and African violets."
Source: NASA.gov

Richard: Space communications contractor. He worked as a flight controller in Mission Control for the International Space Station.

Lisa: Roman Catholic.

Residence:

Lisa and Richard had a home in Houston, Texas.

Lisa and Richard separated in January 2007. Lisa Marie Nowak apparently was able to hide from fellow astronauts the personal difficulties she had at home.

It is not known if her husband, Richard, was aware of her affection for Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein. Cmdr. Oefelein and Nowak were reportedly in a romantic relationship since 2004.

Lisa was arrested on February 5, 2007 in Orlando, Florida. Charges filed against her included attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence, battery, and attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.

The reason she apparently confronted U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman was Shipman's relationship with astronaut Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein.

Oefelein is divorced from Michaella Davis and is the father of two children.

On February 6, 2007 the court released Lisa on $25,000 bail. She is required to wear a GPS tracking device.
Police Affidavit: ABCNEWS.com

Lisa's Family, 2/6/07: "Personally, Lisa is an extremely caring and dedicated mother to her three children. She has been married for 19 years, although she and her husband had separated a few weeks ago. Considering both her personal and professional life, these alleged events are completely out of character and have come as a tremendous shock to our family."
Source: Space.about.com

Rasha Madkour, Associated Press Writer: "In November, a neighbor reported hearing the sounds of dishes being thrown inside Nowak's Houston-area home, and the police came. And weeks ago, Nowak and her husband separated after 19 years."
Source: SFGate.com

Lisa about her work as an astronaut: "It's a sacrifice for our own personal time and our families and the people around us. But I do think it's worth it because if you don't explore and take risks and go do all these things, then everything will stay the same."
Source: SFGate.com