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Football player turns astronaut... he makes any football star look like tarnished glitter.
From the 50-Yard Line to Low-Earth Orbit
When Leland Melvin's Football Career Ended, His Space Journey Began
From the 50-Yard Line to Low-Earth Orbit
When Leland Melvin's Football Career Ended, His Space Journey Began
What a life to live!In 1988, Leland Melvin was at training camp for the Dallas Cowboys, running to catch a pass from Danny White under the watchful eye of coach Tom Landry, when he felt his hamstring give out.
Astronauts arrive in Florida for shuttle launch
It was the end of his football career, but the start of his career as an astronaut. He launches Thursday as a mission specialist as part of a multinational crew of seven flying on Space Shuttle Atlantis in STS 122, an important mission in the assembly sequence to finish building the International Space Station.