Stanley Glen Love (born June 8, 1965) is an American scientist and a
NASA
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astronaut
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from
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
.
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Early life
Love was born on June 8, 1965 to Glen A. Love and Rhoda M. Love in
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
. However, Love has stated he considers
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.
As of the 2020 United States Census, Eu ...
to be his hometown. Love graduated from
Winston Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon, in 1983. He received a
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree in
physics
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from
Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private college in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering. It is part of the Claremont Colleges, which share adjoining campus grounds and resources. The college enrolls 902 undergraduate students ...
in
Claremont, California
Claremont () is a suburban city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles. It is in the Pomona Valley, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. As of the 2010 census it had a popul ...
(1987), and
M.S.
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...
(1989) and
Ph.D
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degrees (1993) from the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
in
Astronomy
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.
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Academic career
Love worked at the
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
as a
computer programming
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instructor during the summer of 1984 and as an assistant in physics and
chemistry
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laboratories from 1985 to 1987. As a graduate teaching assistant at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
in
Seattle
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beginning in 1987, he taught undergraduate classes in general and planetary
astronomy
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. He worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Washington from 1989 to 1993. He moved to the
University of Hawaii
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in 1994 for postdoctoral research. In 1995, he was awarded a postdoctoral prize from the
California Institute of Technology
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. In 1997, he went to work as a staff engineer at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in the City of La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States.
Founded in the 1930s by Caltech researchers, JPL is owned by NASA an ...
.
NASA career
Love joined
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
in June 1998 and started training in August of that year. Love completed both basic astronaut candidate training and advanced training. He served as a
CAPCOM
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(spacecraft communicator) in
Mission Control for Station
Expeditions 1 through
7 and for
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...
missions
STS-104
STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. Its primary objectives were to install the ''Quest'' Joint Airlock and help perform maintenance on the International Space Statio ...
,
STS-108
STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour''. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS.
STS-108 was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the In ...
,
STS-112
STS-112 ( ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by . Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B to del ...
and
STS-132
STS-132 ( ISS assembly flight ULF4) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 14 May 2010. The prima ...
. In 2008, Love participated in his first spaceflight with the crew of
STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall.
The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ...
aboard
Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' and logged over 306 hours in space, including two
EVAs. The mission began on February 7, 2008, and ended on February 20, 2008.
On September 19, 2011,
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
announced that Love would participate in the
NEEMO 15 undersea exploration mission in October 2011 from the
DeepWorker 2000
DeepWorker 2000 is a submarine vehicle developed by Nuytco Research, Ltd. It is capable of descending to a depth of 610 m (2001 ft) and remaining submerged for 12 hours. In 1999, it was deployed to the continental shelf and upper conti ...
submersible
A submersible is a small watercraft designed to operate underwater. The term "submersible" is often used to differentiate from other underwater vessels known as submarines, in that a submarine is a fully self-sufficient craft, capable of ind ...
. The DeepWorker is a small
submarine
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used as an underwater stand-in for the
Space Exploration Vehicle
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, which might someday be used to explore the surface of an
asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
...
.
[{{Cite web , url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_11-309_NEEMO.html , title=NASA – NASA Announces 15th Undersea Exploration Mission Date And Crew , access-date=September 19, 2011 , publisher=NASA , date=September 19, 2011 , author=NASA] However, because NEEMO 15 ended early due to the approach of
Hurricane Rina
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, Love was not able to pilot the DeepWorker during the mission.
[{{Cite web , url=http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1319559176184.html , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030215149/http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1319559176184.html , url-status=dead , archive-date=October 30, 2011 , title=Dr. Love's Underwater Blog: NEEMO 15 , access-date=October 27, 2011 , publisher=NASA , date=October 25, 2011 , last=Love , first=Stanley G.] Love was able to pilot the DeepWorker during the
NEEMO 16 mission in June 2012, during which he experienced an interesting incident when his submersible became pinned against the bottom of the support vessel ''Liberty Star''.
[{{Cite web , url=http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1339938072178.html , title=Dr. Love's Underwater Blog: NEEMO 16 , access-date=July 11, 2012 , publisher=NASA , date=June 17, 2012 , last=Love , first=Stanley G. , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212064732/http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1339938072178.html , archive-date=December 12, 2012 ][{{Cite web , url=http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1340021371063.html , title=Dr. Love's Underwater Blog: Mobility and Stability with DeepWorkers , access-date=July 11, 2012 , publisher=NASA , date=June 18, 2012 , last=Love , first=Stanley G. , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621144157/http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/analogsfieldtesting/posts/post_1340021371063.html , archive-date=June 21, 2012 ]
As of May 2019, Love is a management astronaut which means he is no longer eligible for flight assignment. Love works as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office's Rapid Prototying Laboratory, developing cockpit displays and controls for Orion and forthcoming spacecraft.
Spaceflight
STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall.
The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ...
''Atlantis'' (February 7–20, 2008) was the 24th Shuttle mission to visit the
International Space Station
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. The primary objective of the flight was to carry the
European Space Agency
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’s
Columbus Laboratory module to the Space Station and install it there permanently. Love performed two
spacewalk
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s to help prepare the Columbus Laboratory for installation, to add two science payloads to the outside of Columbus, and to carry a failed Station gyroscope to the Shuttle for return to Earth. STS-122 was also a crew replacement mission, delivering
Expedition 16
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The first two crew members, Yuri Malenchenko and Peggy Whitson, launched on 10 October 2007, aboard Soyuz TMA-11, and were joined by spaceflight participant Sheikh ...
Flight Engineer
Léopold Eyharts
Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born April 28, 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut. He has flown to space two times as part of a Mir expedition and an International Space Station expedition.
Eyhar ...
, and returning home with Expedition 16 Flight Engineer
Daniel Tani
Daniel M. Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. He was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, but considers Lombard, Illinois, to be his hometown.
With Peggy Whitson, Tani conducted the 100th spacewalk on ...
. The STS-122 mission was accomplished in 12 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds, and traveled 5,296,832 statute miles in 203 Earth orbits.
Memberships
Love's memberships include the
American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society (AAS, sometimes spoken as "double-A-S") is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC. The primary objective of the AAS is to promote the adv ...
; Division for Planetary Science; the
American Geophysical Union
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; the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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(Associate Fellow); the
Meteoritical Society
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; and the Harvey Mudd College Alumni Association.
Personal life
Love is married and has two children. He has a wide range of hobbies which include
martial arts
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,
hiking
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,
science fiction
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,
music
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, and
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
. His parents are currently residing in
Oregon
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.
References
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External links
* {{cite web, url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/love.pdf , title=Stanley G. Love, (Ph.D.) NASA Astronaut , publisher=NASA , access-date=June 24, 2021 , date=May 2019
Spacefacts biography of Stanley G. Love
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1965 births
Living people
NASA civilian astronauts
People from San Diego
People from Eugene, Oregon
Harvey Mudd College alumni
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Winston Churchill High School (Eugene, Oregon) alumni
Space Shuttle program astronauts
Spacewalkers