Leland Melvin

A memoir by the former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver traces his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance, and grace that create opportunities for success.

Terry challenges the guys to parachute a watermelon from 100 ft without breaking it, and to cook a hot dog without using fire.

Guy & Terry must build and launch a rocket without using combustion.

Guy deploys a secret weapon in his bid to stump the others in a paper airplane engineering challenge.

Terry and Guy try to stump mini-golf pro Randy by devising an unwinnable mini-golf hole; a life-sized puzzle board becomes Terry's nemesis.

"When Tia Valor takes a test on a whim for an exclusive NASA program for middle schoolers, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she never really fit in at school. In fact, she's been skipping school most days to work at her brother's auto shop instead. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees potential in Tia, and before she knows it, she's part of a team of other talented kids training to launch to an advanced space station orbiting the earth....