Charles Love has been an employee of Lockheed Martin Astronautics (LMA) since February 1981. Most recently, he has been assigned to the Mission Operations team at LMA responsible for establishing and leading the Mission Operations Assurance function for Stardust, MGS, Mars Odyssey, Genesis and SIRTF. Previously, he managed and/or performed Product Assurance tasks during the design/development phases of various space flight programs including Mars U98, Stardust, Odyssey, Genesis, A2100, Cassini and several STS payload projects.

Mr. Love received his B.S. Degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Colorado (Boulder) in 1978. He was born in Denver, Colorado in 1955.