11.   He had words of praise for his two crew mates and the staff of Russian mission control.

12.   He said he was as frustrated as his crew mates by the lack of wind late Thursday and early Friday.

13.   His two Russian crew mates also greeted the newcomers with hugs.

14.   Linenger, who is a physician, examined his five crew mates to make sure they were all right.

15.   Listen carefully on this floating U.S. air base in the Arabian Gulf and you might hear Beini Bao teaching Chinese to a crew mate.

16.   NASA astronaut Norman Thagard and his two Russian crew mates, Vladimir Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov, immediately began checking the connections between their capsule and Mir.

17.   Nine minutes later, Shepherd and his crew mates, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, were in orbit and giving chase to the international space station.

18.   NASA astronaut Michael Foale will be waiting in the Soyuz escape capsule, ready to make a quick return to Earth with his crew mates if needed.

19.   NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger said in a broadcast interview Wednesday that he and his Russian crew mates have taken steps to minimize the leakage and are in good health.

20.   Shuttleworth repeatedly praised his crew mates and the staff of Russian mission control.