1.   At the time, the flight commanded by former chief astronaut Ken Cockrell was to lift off this October.

2.   A former astronaut, Lieutenant General Thomas Stafford, chaired one of the safety panels that reviewed what had gone wrong aboard Mir.

3.   A medium devoted to youth suddenly had an amazing amount of gray hair on display, as former astronauts turned television commentators.

4.   Actor Kevin Kline and former astronaut James Lovell also appeared before the subcommittee.

5.   All week, at receptions, barbecues and restaurant dinner parties, former astronauts and old friends of Glenn have been holding court with tales of the old days.

6.   All the former astronauts have a pater nal concern for the space agency.

7.   But another former astronaut, Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, said that Shepard had been suffering from leukemia.

8.   But another former astronaut, Sen. John Glenn, said that Shepard had been suffering from leukemia.

9.   Cincinnati has former astronaut Neil Armstrong.

10.   Dr. Norman Thagard, a former astronaut who was the first American to stay aboard Mir, said the cooperative program was worth doing, despite some rough spots.