Sunday, February 16, 2014
"Leland Devon Melvin" {February 15,1964}
Engineer and NASA astronaut was born in in Lynchburgh,Virginia.He attended the University of Richmond on a football scholarship and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1985.In 1991,Leland earned his Master of Science degree in materials science engineering from the University of Virginia.Melvin was selected by the Detroit Lions in the 1986 NFL draft,a couple of injuries ended his professional football career.In 1989,Melvin began working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and in 1998 was selected as an astronaut.He has flown two missions on the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist,on STS-122 from February 7-20,2008 and on STS-129 from November 16-27,2009 for a total of 23 days,13 hours,and 28 minutes in space.He was named NASA associate administrator for education in October,2010.
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