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Student Artists Wanted for Space Tourist Emblem

The clock is ticking for young artists hoping to draw up an emblem for the next paying tourist to visit the International Space Station (ISS).

American computer game developer Richard Garriott, a multimillionaire training to launch toward the space station this fall, is looking for an original design that could serve as a student mission patch or t-shirt in a contest organized by the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.

Launched in late March, the art competition is open to students of all ages across the U.S. to submit a design that reflects the “the adventure and discovery of spaceflight,” center officials said in a statement, adding that final entries are due by April 18. While submissions will be collected into a design gallery, the winning emblem could ultimately fly in space, they added. Continue…