# Leland Melvin: An astronaut's story of curiosity, perspective and change

What job is best for a young man who's been a tennis ace, a cross-country traveler, a chemistry nerd and an NFL draftee? How about ... astronaut? Leland Melvin tells the story of the challenges he's accepted and the opportunities he's seized — and how they led him to the International Space Station and a whole new perspective of life on earth. (Contains mature content)

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2018
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Space, Sports
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/LelandMelvin_2018S)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/LelandMelvin_2018S?play=1)