11.   A gripping account of the near-catastrophe on the joint Russian-American space mission.

12.   A solid performance should make Collins eligible to command a future space mission, something a woman has never done.

13.   A space mission would have to go out to it and find some way to deflect it.

14.   But alcohol is strictly banned on any American space mission, as will be the case on the space station.

15.   But the microwave background is creating some fresh puzzlement for scientists as they prepare for the space mission.

16.   But the show also quotes astronomer Carl Sagan, who says every manned space mission could have been accomplished more cheaply and without people.

17.   Desiccated medical supplies could even be sent on long space missions.

18.   Dr. Janice Voss, on her fourth space mission, is the payload commander.

19.   Fuel cells have been used to power almost every space mission, from Apollo through the space shuttle.

20.   Fuel cells have been used as the source of electricity on all US space missions, including the Apollo moon landings and the space shuttle.