Astronaut Leland Melvin was training to perform a spacewalk at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a five million gallon pool that simulates space’s micro gravity, when he realized something ...

Astronaut Leland Melvin is back on Earth and home in Virginia to visit NASA Langley on Thursday, May 1. The Lynchburg, Va., native and former NASA Langley chemist was a mission specialist on the ...

Leland Melvin is an engineer ... From these childhood experiences I had the tools and belief in myself to become a chemist, engineer, NFL player, astronaut, and finally an educator running ...

NASA astronaut and University of Richmond graduate Leland Melvin will share stories of ... draftee and former NASA Langley Research Center chemist, was a mission specialist on the crew of space ...

But NASA's prepared meals have come a long way since dehydrated eggs and Tang. Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says a lot of astronaut food is actually pretty tasty. On Earth, retired astronaut ...

Leland Melvin, a former NFL wide receiver who became a NASA astronaut, is on a mission to inspire the next generation of dreamers with his new graphic novel, “Space Chasers.” He spoke with ...

Retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin says he still loves working with kids to explore the final frontier. Melvin, accompanied by dogs Zorro and Roux, told Space.com he wants to help kids "pursue ...