The astronaut, educator, former NFL player and now author wants the series to show kids they can do anything, with the right people in their orbit ...

Leland Melvin is a former NASA astronaut and the author of Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances (Amistad, 2017). He’s based in Lynchburg, Virginia. Astronaut Leland ...

Retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, an NFL Hall of Fame inductee, explains that it takes longer for some astronauts to get chosen by NASA than others. He notes that while he applied to the ...

Glover Jr. and Leland D. Melvin — helped change his mind ... dreaming about becoming an astronaut. In part, because no human had ever been one. Dwight was an Air Force pilot when his commander ...

Executive producers are Frank Marshall, Tony Rosenthal, Carolyn Bernstein, and Leland Melvin. The post The Space Race Trailer Previews National Geographic’s Astronaut Documentary appeared first ...

Leland D. Melvin, former NASA astronaut and associate administrator for education, was responsible for the development and implementation of the agency's education programs, strengthening involvement ...