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Astronaut Leland Melvin, Former University of Richmond Football Standout, to be Profiled on HBO's "Inside the NFL"

January 22, 2004

Leland Melvin, NASA astronaut, 1986 University of Richmond graduate and former Spider and NFL football player, will be profiled on HBO's "Inside the NFL", Jan. 28 at 10 p.m.

The profile of Melvin is part of "Inside the NFL's" Super Bowl program and will cover his NASA and NFL careers, his work in the NASA Educator Astronaut Program and the loss of his friends in the shuttle "Columbia" crash.

Melvin has been a frequent and popular visitor at his alma mater, as well as Richmond city schools. He is based in Houston and awaiting assignment to a future manned space flight.