SPACE SCIENCE:
Human Flight Is Next Step for China's Space Program
Ding Yimin and Dennis Normile
BEIJING--China is poised to become the third country to launch humans into space after the safe return of its latest craft, which carried instrumented dummies. The recovery of the Shenzhou 4 capsule sets the stage for a flight later this year by one or two members of China's 12-person corps of "taikonauts."