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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Basking in glory after its first manned space launch, China has set its sights on putting three people into space for a week, the China News Service said on Tuesday, citing a space official. The space official who worked on the October 15-16 voyage that made China only the third country to rocket a person into space, said preparations were under way for the next in the Shenzhou, or "Divine Ship," series, the semi-official news agency said. The Shenzhou VI was expected to blast off within the next two years, it...

<p>For more than two decades, people from around the world have lined the shores near Kennedy Space Center to watch humans fly into orbit aboard NASA's space shuttles. It's a sight that never fails to take the breath away.</p> <p>Going from a standstill to 17,400 mph in slightly more than eight minutes, the ships have a remarkable record of achievement, from rescuing stranded satellites to fixing the Hubble Space Telescope to building the International Space Station.</p>

Anyone else have their keywords and topics font shrink overnight? And the spaces have disappeared. I checked my font size, but I have to go to mongo to get readable keyword text.

Lawyer Claims To "Own" The Sun by Virgiliu Pop Los Angeles - May 06, 2002 They used to say - "only the Sun rises for free". Not anymore: in a move intended to expose the phony "extraterrestrial real estate" industry, a space lawyer "claimed" ownership of the Sun. "While it has become increasingly popular to 'buy' properties on the Moon and other planets, the claims of Mr. Dennis Hope of the Lunar Embassy and of other extraterrestrial real estate 'owners' and 'sellers' are ridiculous and without legal foundations" - declared Virgiliu Pop, a PhD Candidate at Glasgow University specialising...