Your Astronaut Questions, Answered

About Leland Melvin

As a former NASA astronaut, Leland Melvin has twice flown on the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space station, where he helped to install the station’s Columbus Laboratory. He credits his NASA career to his childhood fascination with science, both formally in the classroom and informally as he tinkered with skateboards to make them faster and family vehicles to customize them for family vacations. After returning to earth, he served as NASA’s Associate Administrator for Education, and continues to teach students about STEM, spaceflight, and perseverance as a teacher for the Varsity Tutors StarCourse series.

About the class

What is it like floating in low gravity? Do you believe in aliens? Is it scary going to space? And how does someone become an astronaut? We all have hundreds of questions we’d love to ask an astronaut...and now you finally have your turn! Join astronaut Leland Melvin to find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the life of an astronaut...and some other things you never even thought to ask. And since a big part of being an astronaut is being prepared, you can submit your questions here so that Leland is ready for liftoff on his mission to get you answers.