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Leland D. Melvin

1964 - Today

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Leland Devon Melvin (born February 15, 1964) is an American engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He served on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122, and as mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Melvin was named the NASA Associate Administrator for Education in October 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leland D. Melvin has received more than 785,635 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Leland D. Melvin is the 494th most popular astronaut (down from 460th in 2019), the 15,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,202nd in 2019) and the 271st most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Leland D. Melvin ranks 494 out of 524. Before him are Takuya Onishi, Rex J. Walheim, Richard M. Linnehan, Hazza Al Mansouri, Joan Higginbotham, and Sergey Ryazansky. After him are Dominic A. Antonelli, Michael T. Good, Frederick W. Sturckow, Terry W. Virts, Anne McClain, and Michael J. Bloomfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Leland D. Melvin ranks 760. Before him are Ross Kemp, Pablo Morales, Joan Higginbotham, Jill Hetherington, Christine Cicot, and Takao Oishi. After him are Mikko Kolehmainen, Tim Walz, Paul Parker, Kenji Komata, Denean Howard, and Rick Leach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leland D. Melvin ranks 15,193 out of 18,182. Before him are Jan Hooks (1957), Kristi Noem (1971), Ray Lewis (1975), Reilly Opelka (1997), Sanjay Gupta (1969), and Francesca Eastwood (1993). After him are Jake Angeli (1988), Trevante Rhodes (1990), Kathy Hammond (1951), Dave Mirra (1974), Justin Raimondo (1951), and Daniel J. Bernstein (1971).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Leland D. Melvin ranks 271. Before him are Randolph Bresnik (1967), Winston E. Scott (1950), William F. Readdy (1952), Rex J. Walheim (1962), Richard M. Linnehan (1957), and Joan Higginbotham (1964). After him are Dominic A. Antonelli (1967), Michael T. Good (1962), Frederick W. Sturckow (1961), Terry W. Virts (1967), Anne McClain (1979), and Michael J. Bloomfield (1959).

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