21.   Exempted from the furlough would be personnel who staff Mission Control, the shuttle crew and astronauts who perform support duties.

22.   For the rest of the flight, the shuttle crew plans to focus its efforts on a range of science and engineering experiments.

23.   For several hours Thursday, it appeared the shuttle crew might have to extend its stay to correct what appeared to be a problem with a new storage battery.

24.   Future shuttle crews will need the modifications to mate components of the U.S.-led orbital laboratory.

25.   If a fire raged in the module, the shuttle crew would attempt to abandon the facility and isolate it from the rest of the spacecraft by closing hatches.

26.   In addition to Doi, a Japanese astronaut, the five-man, one-woman shuttle crew includes guest astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk of Ukraine.

27.   In addition to the Mir rendezvous, the shuttle crew plans to deploy a small science satellite for two days of free flight.

28.   In his telephone call to the shuttle crew, Clinton singled out Thagard for praise.

29.   In deft maneuvers, the Russian and U.S. shuttle crew connected the two components Sunday and Monday.

30.   In one case, the shuttle crew might remain several thousand feet away from the satellite, in the other, dozens of miles.