1.   The US shuttle fleet had been grounded since April due to the cancellation of Atlantis and Columbia shuttle flights because of fuel leaks.

2.   And Amtrak is close to unveiling high-speed service between New York and Boston that could cut down on shuttle flights.

3.   And it has thrown planning for all shuttle flights into disarray.

4.   Another shuttle flight to the station, carrying equipment and supplies to outfit the existing modules, is tentatively scheduled for May.

5.   Beginning in early December, nearly all shuttle flights will be carrying components into orbit for the much-delayed international space station.

6.   A canceled shuttle flight between New York and Washington is one thing, but how about getting from Rock Springs in western Wyoming to Cheyenne, the state capital?

7.   A half-dozen more shuttle flights to the aging Mir outpost are planned before the two former Cold War rivals lead the assembly of the new international space station.

8.   A main agenda item is the return of shuttle flights and services to commercial missions.

9.   Additional delays in its launch from Central Asia would force delays in the last two shuttle flights of the year.

10.   After almost every shuttle flight, windows must be replaced because of pits and craters caused by objects like a fleck of paint the size of a sesame seed.