File:NASA astronaut Leland D. Melvin with his dogs Jake and Scout.jpg

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Description

English: Caption from source: "Leland's now-famous NASA portrait featuring his two rescue dogs, Jake and Scout, who he secretly smuggled into NASA for the photoshoot."

Date

7 August 2009

Source

NASA on Twitter (archive); direct link to image (image archived)

Author

NASA

Robert Markowitz
Description	American photographer
Authority file	: Q117456812


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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:11, 23 August 2024	4,000 × 3,200 (1.33 MB)	Crisco 1492	Higher resolution from NASA Twitter https://x.com/NASA/status/1638959012824879111/photo/1
	15:14, 22 February 2020	2,048 × 1,638 (595 KB)	Coffeeandcrumbs	Lower resolution but less compression artifact from http://www.trbimg.com/img-590d3791/turbine/dp-nws-nasa-langley-centennial-tribute-0506-20-001
	20:39, 20 February 2020	3,000 × 2,400 (1.25 MB)	Coffeeandcrumbs	high res from https://s3.amazonaws.com/themoth-story-images/MRH-1905-Leland-Melvin-Extra-1.jpg
	15:30, 20 October 2016	2,250 × 1,687 (468 KB)	Banjo	better res from http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/x_large/nprshared/201507/384525492.jpg
	22:29, 24 February 2015	560 × 448 (56 KB)	ANgocNguyen	User created page with UploadWizard