Leland Melvin
Astronaut and NASA engineer
Leland Melvin is an American astronaut, engineer, and educator. He was the first African American to fly on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2008. Melvin has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Maryland and has worked as a NASA engineer and educator. He is currently a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Melvin has been involved in various space-related initiatives and has written sev...
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