1.   As a place to live, however, the orbiting outpost earns a glowing evaluation from astronaut Andy Thomas.

2.   Astronauts on the International Space Station may get tiny robot helpers to assist them in daily chores and to buzz around their orbiting outpost, monitoring its condition.

3.   It takes a shuttle more than a day and a half to arrive at the orbiting outpost after launch.

4.   Meyer and Holderman envision their orbiting outposts as facilities where the fruits of the research and development from the international space station could be pursued for profit.

5.   Rising through partly cloudy skies, Atlantis raced along a northerly course matching that of the orbiting Russian outpost.

6.   With cooperation between U.S. and Russian officials, the ballot will be sent by e-mail to the orbiting outpost.

7.   Americans Daniel Bursch and Carl Walz have been living aboard the orbiting outpost since December along with their Russian commander, Yuri Onufrienko.

8.   Astronauts geared up for the fourth and final spacewalk of their space station construction mission, after testing a new train at the orbiting outpost.

9.   Astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the international space station geared up for another busy day of spacewalking to finish bolting a giant girder to the orbiting outpost.

10.   Communication between the space station and Mission Control was disrupted, and the orbiting outpost was left to fly on autopilot.