Leland Melvin’s 'Space Chasers' is aimed for kids 8 to 12. Fact checked by Sarah Scott Leland Melvin, the NFL wide receiver ...

The astronaut, educator, former NFL player and now author wants the series to show kids they can do anything, with the right people in their orbit ...

Becoming an astronaut isn’t easy. It requires learning science! Math! Computers! Engineering! Astronauts have to study hard at school. But aside from all those brain workouts, you need to be in ...

That might sound lavish, but astronauts have to make culinary compromises. They can’t just whip a whole turkey out of a space oven. NASA shared a Thanksgiving greeting from up in orbit on Wednesday.

The author particularly wants to empower kids whose journey may follow an unexpected path, just like his own. “Whoever heard of an astronaut from Lynchburg, Virginia?” he scoffed.