Leland Devon Melvin
| Leland Melvin | |
|---|---|
|
|
| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 4, 1998 ( 17th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
February 7, 2008 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
November 27, 2009 |
| Time in space: | 23d 13h 38min |
| retired on | February 2014 |
| Space flights | |
Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964 in Lynchburg , Virginia ) is a retired American astronaut .
education
Melvin graduated from high school in 1982 and then studied chemistry. In 1986 he received a bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond . The University of Virginia awarded him a Masters in Materials Science five years later .
From 1989 Melvin worked at NASA's Langley Research Center . Using glass fiber sensors, he researched new methods for materials research. After five years he was assigned to the X-33 program.
Astronaut activity
In June 1998, Melvin was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA . After two years of training as a mission specialist , he oversaw the selection program for astronaut trainers (Educator Astronaut Program).
STS-122
From the summer of 2006 Melvin trained for his first space flight. He was a member of the crew of the STS-122 shuttle mission , which carried out the mission in February 2008. The main payload was the European Columbus space laboratory .
STS-129
Melvin was nominated for the STS-129 space shuttle mission in September 2008 . He started on November 16, 2009 with the space shuttle Atlantis for a short stay to the International Space Station (ISS) .
NASA educational program
From 2010, Melvin was Associate Administrator for Education in charge of NASA's education program. He left NASA in February 2014.
Works
- Chasing Space - An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances , Amistad, 2018, ISBN 978-0-06-249673-7 .
- Chasing Space - Young Readers edition , Amistad, 2018, ISBN 978-0-06-266593-5 .
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Leland Devon Melvin at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Leland Devon Melvin (PDF)
- Biography of Leland Devon Melvin in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Ted Talk: An astronaut's strory of curiosity, perspective and change
swell
- ↑ NASA Assigns Crew For Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-129 Mission. NASA, September 30, 2008, accessed September 15, 2009 .
- ^ Astronaut Leland Melvin to Leave NASA. spaceref.com, January 11, 2014, accessed January 26, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melvin, Leland Devon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynchburg , Virginia |