1.   Two cosmonauts performed risky repairs Friday to the damaged Mir space station in an effort to salvage the crippled vessel and restore confidence in the troubled Russian space program.

2.   But this time, the jinx seems to have broken as cosmonauts perform a vital repair job with grit and ingenuity.

3.   But this time, the jinx seems to break as cosmonauts perform a vital repair job with grit and ingenuity.

4.   Two Russian cosmonauts performed repairs outside the Mir space station today, leaving it unmanned during a five-hour space walk, the Mission Control Center reported.

5.   Two Russian cosmonauts performed repairs outside the Mir space station Friday, leaving it unmanned during their five-hour spacewalk, the Mission Control Center reported.