Pete McMurray Show

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, flew two missions on Space Shuttle Atlantis, "I was practicing for the Cowboys..someone at the University of Virginia said you'd be a great astronaut. I laughed at them...that's how it started"

Episode Notes

“The Space Race” is the name of the new space documentary 

The two guys that put this together - Former NASA astronaut LELAND MELVIN - who flew lew two missions on the Space Shuttle Atlantis & co-director DIEGO HURTADO DE MENDOZA who directed

-How did Leland become an astronaut
-How did Diego decide to direct a space doc
-The documentary is about the space race and people of color 

Photo Courtesy: UVA Engineering