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F sharp in A major and in A melodic minor going up, and F natural in A natural minor, A harmonic minor, and A melodic minor going down.
When ascending, the melodic minor scale has a raised 6th and 7th scale degree, but those two notes are lowered when descending.
The difference between a melodic minor scale and a harmonic minor scale is that in a melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh scale degrees are raised on the way up, and on the way down they are the same as they would be in natural minor. In a harmonic minor scale, only the seventh scale degree is raised and stays the same on the way down.
G# melodic minor is as follows: G# A# B C# D# E# Fx G# F# E D# C# B A# G# In melodic minor scales, the 6th and 7th scale degrees are raised when ascending and lowered when descending. Notice that the 7th when going up is an F double sharp.