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World Service,2 mins
From touchdown to lift-off: The NFL player who became an astronaut
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How do you go from being an NFL player to an astronaut? Ahead of the Super Bowl LI in Houston, Sportshour's Caroline Barker visits NASA's Johnson Space Center to speak to Leland Melvin to find out how. (Image: Astronaut Leland Melvin attends the 2013 TRANS4M Day Conference in Los Angeles. Credit: Getty Images)
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