<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/menelaos-raptis-astrophysics-space-week.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>01/23/2023</pubDate><title>No Fault in Our Stars for Aspiring Astronaut</title><description>F&amp;M first-year student Menelaos Raptis was just 7 years old when he received his first telescope. Follow the aspiring astronaut's journey from Greece to Lancaster.</description><author>Kim O'Brien</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/726150838111460788-01-17-menelaos-raptis-space-week-06-dg.0.76.1200.723.full.jpg" alt="Menelaos Raptis 26 is bringing his passion for planets to a wider campus audience. He pitched and helped facilitate the Colleges first Space Week."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Astronomy and Astrophysics</tag><tag>International Student Services</tag><tag>Physics</tag><tag>Ware College House</tag></tags></item>