TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melvin,Leland
TI  - Chasing space
SN  - 9780062665928
AV  - TL789.85.M46 A3 2017b
U1  - BIO MELB 23
KW  - Melvin, Leland,
KW  - Detroit Lions (Football team)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - International Space Station
KW  - Astronauts
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - African Americans
KW  - African American astronauts
KW  - African American football players
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 8-12
N2  - When the former Detroit Lion's football career was cut short by an injury, Leland Marvin didn't waste time mourning his broken dream. Instead, he found a new one -- something completely out of this world. He joined NASA, braved an injury that nearly left him permanently deaf, and traveled to space on the shuttle Atlantis to help build the International Space Station. He also found time to write songs with will.i.am, work with Serena Williams, and appear in television shows like The Dog Whisperer, Top Chef, and Child Genius. Leland's story introduces readers to the 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. Includes do-it-yourself experiments in the back of the book
ER  -