11.   Crew members at mission control center in St. Louis said an emergency locator beacon was activated about the time they lost contact with Fossett.

12.   He shared his idea with a friend who worked in the mission control center and eventually got through to officials there.

13.   He made the confirmation during a radio uplink with reporters at the Russian mission control center outside Moscow.

14.   Includes pictures from the Russian mission control center.

15.   John Merrell, director of the mission center, said he was speaking to lawyers to discuss appealing against the expulsions.

16.   --Jake Rapert of Jonesboro, a member of a group that went to Litomerice, Czech Republic, to help renovate a monastery into a mission center.

17.   The Mir crew conferred briefly with flight controllers and NASA employees gathered at the mission control center on the outskirts of Moscow.

18.   The quest will be monitored by a mission control center at the St. Louis Science Center.

19.   The Washington University mission control center will monitor the flight and weather and regularly communicate with Fossett via e-mail and satellite phone.

20.   The National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission control center told shuttle commander Terence Henricks to remain aloft for the extra day.