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Bill Oefelein is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. Oefelein was in the news in 2007 for his involvement in a love-triangle with Lisa Nowak and Colleen Shipman, which was exposed when Nowak was arrested for assaulting Shipman, a U.S. Air Force Captain.

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Born: March 29, 1965 in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Attended: West Anchorage High School
Alma Mater: Oregon State University
Awarded the Strike/Flight Air Medal
Had two children with ex-wife Michaella Davis
Selected by NASA in June 1998
Completed first mission as pilot on STS-116 and has logged over 308 hours in space
Apart of the Seaplane Pilots Association
Logged more than 5,000 hours of fly-time in 50 different aircrafts
Received an M.S. at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1998
Returned to the Navy in 2007 as a Strike Operations Officer

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Bill Oefelein

Bill Oefelein News and Information

NASA: William Oefelein
Wikipedia: William Oefelein
Google News: Bill Oefelein
USA Today: Bill Oefelein Articles
NASA: Electronic Reading Room
New York Times: NASA Releases E-Mail in Astronaut Case (December 14, 2007)
ABC News: NASA Releases Documents, E-mails in Nowak Case (December 14, 2007)
- Emails released by NASA in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act revealed that Lisa Nowak and Bill Oefelein were friendly in the days leading up to Nowak's assault on Shipman
CBS News: E-Mails Hint At NASA Love Triangle (December 14, 2007)
Navy Times: Male astronaut in love triangle to leave NASA (May 30, 2007)
Houston Chronicle: Former mother-in-law says pair spent time together (February 7, 2007)

Bill Oefelein Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Bill Oefelein
Technorati: Colleen Shipman
NASA: Bill Oefelein's STS-116 Mission Blog (2006)
The Write Stuff: Bill Oefelein leaving NASA (May 25, 2007)

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