71.   The Russians assured NASA the capsule was secure enough to proceed with the shuttle flight.

72.   The space agency suspended shuttle flights after Columbia experienced an electrical short seconds after liftoff.

73.   The space agency, which as a rule does not name backups to shuttle flights, seldom pulls astronauts from flight crews.

74.   The shuttle flight capped his claim to fame in the House, but so far his defining moment in the Senate was a spectacular nose dive.

75.   The shuttle flights operated by US Airways and Delta Airlines out of Boston, New York, and Washington are a vital link for businesses in those cities.

76.   The way to get truly big savings out of NASA would be to eliminate the entire manned space program, including the station and the shuttle flights.

77.   The task force suggestions include possibly cutting back the number of shuttle flights to the outpost and keeping the station crew at three rather than the seven originally envisioned.

78.   The two solid-fuel booster rockets are expended in the first minutes of a shuttle flight and then fall away.

79.   These are the lyrics that protest singer Phil Ochs sang to Bobby Kennedy at the back of a shuttle flight one night in Washington.

80.   Thirty-four U.S. shuttle flights and nine Russian rocket launches will be required to complete it.