1.   The shuttle will bring the Navy physician back to Earth.

2.   The shuttle also brought personal items for the Mir crew, which has been in space since September, including letters from home and fresh fruit.

3.   The shuttle brought more of the still needed gear as well as the personnel to install it.

4.   The shuttle will bring back the three men who spent more than six months aboard the orbiting outpost.

5.   The shuttle will bring back the three men who have been living on the orbiting outpost for six months.

6.   The shuttle is also bringing back Russian equipment and hundreds of saliva, urine and blood samples donated by Thagard and his comrades during their long stay in orbit.

7.   The shuttle is bringing U.S. astronaut David Wolf for a four-month stint on Mir as the replacement for astronaut Michael Foale.

8.   The shuttle will bring a new Russian crew and return Thagard to Earth.

9.   The shuttle will bring her home in August.