Web3 of 3 — leland melvin floats inside the international space station alongside astronauts stanley love (left) and rex walheim, (right) during melvin's first.

Leland melvin, one of a few african americans to ever travel into space.

Webwhen nfl hopeful leland melvin suffered a hamstring injury in practice, it opened the door to an unusual backup career:

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