Margins
Chasing Space book cover
Chasing Space
2017
First Published
3.57
Average Rating
240
Number of Pages

Meet Leland Melvin—football star, NASA astronaut, and professional dream chaser. When the former Detroit Lion’s football career was cut short by an injury, Leland didn’t waste time mourning his broken dream. Instead, he found a new one—something that was completely out of this world. He joined NASA, braved an injury that nearly left him permanently deaf, and still managed to muster the courage and resolve to travel to space on the shuttle Atlantis to help build the International Space Station. Leland’s problem-solving methods and can-do attitude turned his impossible-seeming dream into reality. Leland’s story introduces readers to the fascinating creative and scientific challenges he had to deal with in space and will encourage the next generation of can-do scientists to dare to follow their dreams.

Avg Rating
3.57
Number of Ratings
7
5 STARS
0%
4 STARS
57%
3 STARS
43%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads

Author

548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
© 2026 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved
Chasing Space