Astronaut Leland Melvin appears at the 17th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 2, 2017. Leland Melvin is an engineer, NASA astronaut and former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. He served on the space shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist and was named the NASA associate administrator for education in October 2010. His new book "Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace and Second Chances", tells his personal story of perseverance, dedication and taking whatever life throws at you. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Astronaut Leland Melvin poses with Annie Smith (age 12) and Eli Swope (age 12) of Hanover Pa. Both kids have a strong interest in careers in science and space travel. Leland Melvin appeared at the 17th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. on Saturday, September 2, 2017. Melvin is an engineer, NASA astronaut and former wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. He served on the space shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist and was named the NASA associate administrator for education in October 2010. His new book "Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace and Second Chances", tells his personal story of perseverance, dedication and taking whatever life throws at you. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
