Daily Archives: February 8th, 2008

First Spider in Space!

February 8, 2008 – 4:32 pm

As an admission counselor and an alum – and as a bit of an astronomy geek – I just have to give a shout-out to Leland Melvin, who blasted off in the space shuttle Atlantis yesterday to become the first University of Richmond graduate in space! He’s serving as a mission specialist on the flight, which is set to dock with the International Space Station tomorrow.

By Tom | Posted in **Tom's Posts**, Miscellaneous, University News | Comments (2)