1.   Alpha commander Bill Shepherd and his Russian crew need more power in order to spread out in the complex where they have been living for the past month.

2.   Alpha commander Bill Shepherd and his two Russian crewmates moved into the space station at the beginning of November and welcomed another shuttle crew in December.

3.   Before departing, Atlantis said farewell to space station Alpha commander Bill Shepherd and his two Russian crewmates.

4.   Space station Alpha commander Bill Shepherd and his two Russian crewmates have spent the past four months in orbit.