NAME:
Stanley G. Love (Ph.D.)
NASA Astronaut
PERSONAL
DATA: Born
June 8, 1965 in San Diego, California, but considers Eugene, Oregon to be his
hometown. Married. Two children. Recreational interests include flying, alpine
hiking, bicycling, music, and animation. His parents, Glen A. and Rhoda M.
Love, reside in Oregon.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Winston Churchill
High School, Eugene, Oregon, in 1983; received a Bachelor of Science degree in
physics from Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, in 1987; received
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in astronomy from the
University of Washington in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
ORGANIZATIONS: American Astronomical Society;
American Geophysical Union; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics;
Harvey Mudd College Alumni Association; Meteoritical Society.
AWARDS: NASA-JSC Performance Award (2003,
2004, 2006). NASA Space Flight Awareness Team Award (2004). NOVA Award, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (1998). O.K. Earl Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship,
California Institute of Technology (1995). Dean's List Distinction, Harvey Mudd
College (1985, 1986, 1987).
EXPERIENCE: Worked summers at the University of
Oregon in Eugene, as a computer programming instructor (1984) and as an
assistant in physics and chemistry laboratories (1985-1987). As a graduate
teaching assistant at the University of Washington in Seattle beginning in
1987, he taught and led laboratory sections for undergraduate courses in
general and planetary astronomy.
He worked as
a graduate research assistant at the University of Washington from 1989 to 1993
on a variety of projects including space propulsion and energy storage, stellar
photometry and spectroscopy, analysis of space-exposed surfaces, hypervelocity
impact and particle capture, atmospheric entry heating of micrometeoroids,
infrared imaging of the zodiacal light, and electron microscopy of
interplanetary dust particles. Moved to the University of Hawaii in Honolulu in
1994 for a postdoctoral research appointment modeling the formation of
meteoritic chondrules and the collisional evolution of asteroids, and
investigating the possibility of meteorites from the planet Mercury.
Awarded a
prize postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology in
1995: work there included computational fluid dynamic simulations of asteroid
collisions, calibration of the Cassini spacecraft dust particle impact
detector, and experimental shock compression of the mineral calcite.
Transferred to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a staff engineer in 1997 to
work on computer models of spacecraft optical instrument systems and to
participate in a Laboratory-wide process re-engineering effort.
NASA
EXPERIENCE:
Selected by NASA in June 1998, he reported for training in August 1998.
Astronaut Candidate Training included orientation briefings and tours, numerous
scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and
International Space Station systems, physiological training and ground school
to prepare for T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival schools.
Dr. Love
served as a CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) in Mission Control for International Space Station Expeditions 1
through 7 and for Space Shuttle missions STS-104 (ISS-7A), STS-108 (ISS-UF-1),
and STS-112 (ISS-9A). He served in the Astronaut Office's Exploration Branch,
helping to develop future space vehicles and missions. Dr. Love is assigned
to the STS-122 mission that will deliver the European Space Agency's Columbus Laboratory to the International
Space Station.
Last
Updated: February 2007
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