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 ...

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 ...