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March 2008 The Faculty, Staff and Student Newspaper of the University of Richmond

Spider in space

NASAlaunch Atlantis blasts off Feb. 7.
Leland Melvin Leland Melvin, '86, checks controls aboard Atlantis.

Leland Melvin, ’86, blasted off Feb. 7 on a 12-day mission aboard space shuttle Atlantis. The seven-member crew delivered the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. Melvin, who manned the shuttle’s robotic arm during the mission, carried UR memorabilia onboard.