Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born OTD in 1964. Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program. Image: NASA - ThreadSky

mcnees.bsky.social • 372 days ago

Astronaut, author, professional football player, and STEM educator Leland Melvin was born OTD in 1964.

Here he is in the greatest photo ever produced by the US space program.

Image: NASA

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williampreston.bsky.social•372 days ago

The hopes for interstellar interspecies understanding begins with earthbound interspecies understanding

miciobertoldo.bsky.social•372 days ago

🥰

sarkastiklover.bsky.social•372 days ago

Correction this is the greatest photo produced by humanity, as a whole, period!

tamarasclan.bsky.social•372 days ago

That’s awesome!

ebthen.bsky.social•372 days ago

And then there's a whole episode of Netflix's Dogs documentary about him and his Rhodesian Ridgebacks and a cross-country road trip, too.

upuptothesky.bsky.social•372 days ago

So those are rhodesians! I'm going to have to resubscribe just to watch the one episode! We just lost our 3rd RR at 14 yo. They are an amazing breed. Just wonderful dogs and house mates.

ebthen.bsky.social•372 days ago

I think so? I don't entirely recall if they were RRs or if that came later, but there are definitely two Rhodesian Ridgebacks in that episode.

thetrin.bsky.social•372 days ago

I believe they were. His current dog, Zorro, is already a ridgeback.

rosalindanne.bsky.social•372 days ago

What an amazing man.

cedriccj.bsky.social•7 days ago

Very very nice story especially for black history month.

sigiljewelry.bsky.social•6 days ago

Awwwwww!!! 🙌🤗🐶🐶✨❤️

riatheriveter.bsky.social•6 days ago

Imma have to download this print it and have it as a poster.

fortunasaga.com•372 days ago

Who is stepping on that other dog's tail?

steveisdamages.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hear this was faked on a movie set.

barbwireteddybear.bsky.social•365 days ago

Aww

dottiespeck.bsky.social•6 days ago

I didn’t know I had a fave astronaut photo until I saw this one.

bensasser.bsky.social•6 days ago

No one ever does.

katducduk.bsky.social•372 days ago

Remember on 30 Rock when Liz Lemon would talk about her fantasy boyfriend, Astronaut Mike Dexter? Leland Melvin is who I always imagined as Astronaut Mike Dexter.

rapieress.bsky.social•372 days ago

His episode on Dogs is great!

acecatlady.bsky.social•372 days ago

Never gets old.

daleleeack.bsky.social•5 days ago

💖💝💗🐕🐾

rogerdodgerav8r.bsky.social•372 days ago

Now that's the look of a happy man!

buckyunderbelly.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is the finest photo NASA ever took. And I'm including "Earthrise" and that picture of Armstrong's footprint.

sassyauntiek.bsky.social•372 days ago

@weratedogs.bsky.social I think they have to be at least 13/10.

alexnicole.bsky.social•6 days ago

Wow. I'm so honored to share a birthday with this cool guy

yuweiquan.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is DEIA. Doggies Expressing Interspecies Affection!

heyheyfield.bsky.social•372 days ago

I like how he was later interviewed on #AMtoDM with fellow astronaut Mae Jemison (and first one on Star Trek) who said she would have preferred to have her photo with cats. 😂

heyheyfield.bsky.social•372 days ago

Not sure if you remember this interview (I can't recall if you were there) with the two astronauts @theferocity.bsky.social, but I loved it.