NASA Astronaut Stanley Love

Dr. Stanley G. Love was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998. He has Master of Science and Doctorate of Philosophy degrees in Astronomy from the University of Washington in Seattle. In 2008, Dr. Love flew aboard STS-122 to deliver and install the European Space Agency’s Columbus module to the station. While onboard, Dr. Love performed two spacewalks to prepare for the installation, add two science payloads, and carry a failed ISS gyroscope to the shuttle for return to Earth. He currently works as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office’s Rapid Prototying Laboratory, developing cockpit displays and controls for Orion and forthcoming spacecraft.

Quick Facts

Since 2017, Love has served as the Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office’s Rapid Prototyping Laboratory (RPL), which has the responsibility for designing and testing the digital displays, hand controllers, hardware switches, and other crew interfaces for Orion and forthcoming spacecraft.

In 2008, Dr. Love flew aboard STS-122 to deliver and install the European Space Agency’s Columbus module to the station.

S122-E-007771 (11 Feb. 2008) — Astronaut Stanley Love, STS-122 mission specialist, participates in the first scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the almost eight-hour spacewalk, Love and astronaut Rex Walheim (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a grapple fixture on the Columbus laboratory and prepared electrical and data connections on the module while it rested inside Space Shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay. The crewmembers also began work to replace a large nitrogen tank used for pressurizing the station’s ammonia cooling system.