21.   Television crews tried to woo Knox.

22.   The cockpit crew tried to reprogram the backup, they said, while we circled the Bay Area.

23.   The Columbia crew tried to keep the air of uncertainty that loomed over the first days of their difficult flight from becoming a distraction.

24.   The crew is trying to conserve energy until repairs can be made to the orbiter.

25.   The crew will try to fix a communications problem and a battery problem.

26.   The crew tried to restart the engines, but without electrical power generated by the engines, they were unable to do so, according to the accident report.

27.   The crew tried unsuccessfully to adjust the temperature, the officials said.

28.   The crew was trying to help determine whether the Soviet Union could attack the United States using a polar route.

29.   The crew will also try to retrieve a radiation monitor attached to the Mir as part of a scientific experiment by Linenger during a space walk in April.

30.   The four other defendants spoke barely a word, and several covered their faces when television crews tried to film them before the trial began.