In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former nasa astronaut and nfl wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community,. Leland melvin has logged more than 550 hours in space. “when you look at the earth from the vantage point of space, our planet looks like a little blue marble.
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From the gridiron to the galaxy at large:
Born on february 15, 1964, in.
Seeing our world from that vantage point cognitively changes you. An astronaut's story of grit, grace, and second chances” leland shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, and examines the intersecting roles. The former nasa astronaut is a university of richmond alumnus who played football at the school and was. Leland melvin, an astronaut, educator, former nfl player and now author, wants his new 'space chasers' series to show kids they can do anything, with the right people in.
In chasing space, leland shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, and examines the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to. On the eve of the first manned spacex launch, we catch up with former detroit lions player and nasa astronaut, leland melvin. Leland melvin floats inside the international space station alongside astronauts stanley love (left) and rex walheim, (right) during melvin's first mission to space. In this special episode of agu’s podcast third pod from the sun, leland recounts his circuitous journey from scientist to nfl wide receiver to astronaut.
Astronaut leland melvin’s journey from sports to space.
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