Stanley G. Love
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 4, 1998 ( 17th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | February 7, 2008 |
| Landing: | February 20, 2008 |
| Time in space: | 12d 18h 22m |
| EVA inserts: | 2 |
| EVA total duration: | 15h 23m |
| retired on | November 2011 |
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Stanley Glen Love (born June 8, 1965 in San Diego , California , USA ) is a retired American astronaut .
Love studied physics at Harvey Mudd College in California and earned a bachelor's degree in 1987 . Then he moved to the University of Washington and studied astronomy: in 1989 he received a master's degree and four years later his doctorate .
During his astronomy studies, Love worked as a research assistant in areas such as space propulsion and stellar photometry. After completing his doctorate, he went to the University of Hawaii . There he investigated how chondrites form and the collision behavior of asteroids . In 1997 he got a job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory . As an engineer, he created computer models for spacecraft instruments.
Astronaut activity
In June 1998, Love was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate. After two years of basic training, he was responsible for radio communications for space station and shuttle flights as CapCom for a long time .
From summer 2006 Love trained for his first space flight as a mission specialist on the shuttle mission STS-122 . The main payload was the European Columbus space laboratory , which was docked with the International Space Station . The launch took place on February 7, 2008. Love was used for the German astronaut Hans Schlegel on the first spacecraft mission to install Columbus . The landing took place on February 20, 2008.
From October 20 to 26, 2011 he was with Michael Landon Gernhardt and Richard Robert Arnold in the moon & asteroid landing simulation of the underwater mission NEEMO-15 .
In November 2011, Love retired from active service.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Stanley G. Love at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Stanley G. Love (English; PDF)
- Biography of Stanley G. Love in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Love, Stanley G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Love, Stanley Glen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego , California |