1.   Although the Soviets planned the mission as a showcase of their scientific superiority, it was widely dismissed as propaganda.

2.   The effects of geomagnetic and solar activity over the long term are important factors in planning satellite missions.

3.   Asked if the coalition forces were planning missions aimed at capturing or killing Hekmatyar, McNeill declined to respond.

4.   A second mission was planned, and it led to one of the most extraordinary chapters in U.S. aviation history.

5.   But defense lawyers said there were other factors, including a map prepared by the Defense Mapping Agency and used by the crew to plan the mission.

6.   Fifteen construction, supply and crew transport missions are planned in the next year.

7.   Ground commanders still rely on paper maps, but before any operation, pilots and soldiers are turning to computer graphic aids to plan their missions.

8.   In most cases, he said, the practice has been to plan a mission and then develop the necessary instruments to carry it out.

9.   In planning this mission, he said, no one foresaw this problem.

10.   NASA plans shuttle missions to the outpost in May, August, October and December.