Stanley Glen Love (born June 8, 1965) is an American scientist and a

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Early life

Love was born on June 8, 1965 to Glen A. Love and Rhoda M. Love in

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. However, Love has stated he considers Eugene, Oregon to be his hometown. Love graduated from Winston Churchill High School in Eugene, Oregon, in 1983. He received a

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degree in

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California (1987), and

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(1989) and

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degrees (1993) from the

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Academic career

Love worked at the

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as a

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instructor during the summer of 1984 and as an assistant in physics and chemistry laboratories from 1985 to 1987. As a graduate teaching assistant at the

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beginning in 1987, he taught undergraduate classes in general and planetary

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. He worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of Washington from 1989 to 1993. He moved to the

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in 1994 for postdoctoral research. In 1995, he was awarded a postdoctoral prize from the

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. In 1997, he went to work as a staff engineer at the

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NASA career

Love joined

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 (spacecraft communicator) in Mission Control for Station Expeditions 1 through 7 and for

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missions

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, STS-108,

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

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. In 2008, Love participated in his first spaceflight with the crew of

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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,

announced that Love would participate in the NEEMO 15 undersea exploration mission in October 2011 from the DeepWorker 2000 submersible. The DeepWorker is a small submarine used as an underwater stand-in for the Space Exploration Vehicle, which might someday be used to explore the surface of an asteroid.{{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

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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

''Atlantis'' (February 7–20, 2008) was the 24th Shuttle mission to visit the

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. The primary objective of the flight was to carry the European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory module to the Space Station and install it there permanently. Love performed two spacewalks 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 Expedition 16 was the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). 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 Shei ...

Flight Engineer

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, and returning home with Expedition 16 Flight Engineer

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. 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; Division for Planetary Science; the

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; the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow); the Meteoritical Society; 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, hiking, science fiction, music, and anime. His parents are currently residing in

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
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{{NASA Astronaut Group 17 {{DEFAULTSORT:Love, Stanley G. 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