# NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout

- By: Robert Markowitz
- Date: 2009-08-07
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: NASA on Twitter (archive); direct link to image (image archived)
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_astronaut_Leland_D._Melvin_with_his_dogs_Jake_and_Scout.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/8/80/NASA_astronaut_Leland_D._Melvin_with_his_dogs_Jake_and_Scout.jpg/1920px-NASA_astronaut_Leland_D._Melvin_with_his_dogs_Jake_and_Scout.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Leland's now-famous NASA portrait featuring his two rescue dogs, Jake and Scout, whom he secretly smuggled into NASA for the photoshoot.