1.   As soon as the hatches swung open, shuttle commander Jim Wetherbee handed the Mir crew a new computer.

2.   A veteran shuttle commander, Duffy has participated in three satellite rendezvous operations on two previous flights.

3.   Kent Rominger, a veteran NASA shuttle commander, leads a diverse crew.

4.   Shuttle commander Ken Cameron responded in kind, with the space agency translating the exchange into English.

5.   Shuttle commanders traditionally get the flying duties, which pilots like Cockrell consider great fun.

6.   Shuttle commander Curtis Brown asked the audience to use the excitement generated by the mission to support the international space station project.

7.   Shuttle commander Dick Richards and his crew will attempt to land Tuesday in Florida or California, where more favorable weather is forecast.

8.   Shuttle commanders are selected from a larger pool of pilot astronauts.

9.   Shuttle commander Dave Walker, pilot Ken Cockrell and mission specialists Jim Voss, Jim Newman and Mike Gernhardt were scheduled to board the spacecraft after sunrise.

10.   Shaw, the former shuttle commander, insists that NASA must make do with the shuttles for a long time to come.