1.   Boeing and Lockheed also will jointly operate the shuttle program on behalf of NASA.

2.   But others suggest that a contractor-run shuttle program might lead to improvements in safety.

3.   Cape Canaveral, the site of the first war time launch in the history of the shuttle program.

4.   For the first half of the shuttle program, the vehicles landed safely without using such so-called drag chutes at touchdown.

5.   He was an assistant director of the shuttle program in Houston before his trans fer to Florida.

6.   Industry officials have said they could run the shuttle program for less money than the government and still maintain safety.

7.   NASA is in the process of consolidating many day-to-day operations of the shuttle program under a single large contractor, Houston-based United Space Alliance.

8.   Nevertheless, the arrival of the station era is lifting spirits here and helping to dissipate the languor that has gripped the shuttle program of late.

9.   Redistribution could result in less money for the shuttle program, which would undercut shuttle safety or reduce the number of flights, Sensenbrenner said.

10.   Should the Lockheed Martin-Rockwell venture be named prime contractor, the shuttle program may not change much.