Houston, We Have a Problem… NASA Astronaut Arrested

Lisa Marie Nowak, a NASA astronaut, has been arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping. Nowak, who was on the Discovery shuttle last year, was involved in what looks like a love triangle. Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery, was the object of Nowak’s affection. She seemed to have gotten obsessed with him, writing him a love letter that was discovered after she was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend but Nowak admitted to police it was, "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," with Oefelein.

Nowak pepper sprayed Oefelein’s girlfriend Colleen Shipman in a attempt to seize her car. Shipman was able to alert nearby security and they seized a BB gun, the love note mentioned earlier, the pepper spray, and other items that showed how elaborate the attack was.

NASA issued this statement, "Our concern for her right now is just her health and well-being," said Eileen Hawley, a spokeswoman for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "This is clearly going to be a very personal, tragic and unfortunate event."