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“When the main engines cut off, I felt I was no longer chasing space. I had arrived”

January 5, 2018 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

Based on my reading of Spaceman by Mike Massimino, Leland Melvin’s Chasing Space popped up on my recommendations; needless to say picking up a book whose front cover was an attractive man wearing an astronaut suit being adored by two dogs was a no brainer. Leland Melvin has been part of two impossibly small clubs; he was drafted into the NFL (about a 2% chance for NCAA players) and then became an astronaut who was sent to space (less than 1% chance) twice. Both of these stories would be […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Chasing Space, Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit Grace and Second Chances, Leland Melvin

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:3 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Chasing Space, Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit Grace and Second Chances, Leland Melvin ·
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