Leland Melvin’s 'Space Chasers' is aimed for kids 8 to 12. Fact checked by Sarah Scott Leland Melvin, the NFL wide receiver turned NASA astronaut, is inspiring kids everywhere to chase their ...

Leland Melvin, an astronaut, educator, former NFL player and now author, wants his new 'Space Chasers' series to show kids they can do anything, with the right people in their orbit.

Becoming an astronaut isn’t easy. It requires learning science! Math! Computers! Engineering! Astronauts have to study hard at school. But aside from all those brain workouts, you need to be in ...

The author particularly wants to empower kids whose journey may follow an unexpected path, just like his own. “Whoever heard of an astronaut from Lynchburg, Virginia?” he scoffed.