Astronaut Leland Melvin listens to Sarah Copelin-Wood a NASA Explorer School.

Astronaut Leland Melvin (far right) listens to Sarah Copelin-Wood (far left), chair of the Board of Education, at Ronald E. McNair High School in Atlanta, a NASA Explorer School. Melvin accompanied KSC Deputy Director Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. on a visit to the school to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.