1.   Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft dock for two days.

2.   But if the hatch cannot be sealed properly and there is a large leak, the crew will have to evacuate using the Soyuz spacecraft docked alongside.

3.   The spacecraft docked successfully, but only after the crew in the space station was forced to take the controls and bring it in manually.

4.   A Soyuz spacecraft docked Saturday with the Mir space station, carrying a fresh crew of two Russians cosmonauts and a Frenchman.

5.   But this was the first time such big spacecraft had docked.