21.   The crew of the Mir orbiting station started to check their spacesuits on Monday to prepare for two spacewalks due to take place over the next nine days.

22.   The electronic and computer hookups for the antennas will be made inside Unity on Thursday, after the entire crew enters the orbiting station for the first time.

23.   The delay has held up the launch of a spacecraft that is to carry two Russian cosmonauts and their French colleague to the Mir orbiting station.

24.   The latest mishap to the orbiting station came Monday when the computer failed after a docking with a space capsule.

25.   The latest mishap to the orbiting station came Tuesday when the computer failed after a docking with a space capsule.

26.   The latest mishap to the orbiting station came Monday when the computer failed shortly before a docking with a cargo ship.

27.   The next step comes in June when Atlantis actually docks with the orbiting Mir station for a crew swap.

28.   The Russian space program is so short of money that it may have to shut down the orbiting station Mir, the head of the space agency said Thursday.

29.   The service module must be attached to the orbiting station before Atlantis flies.

30.   The Soyuz series is used in manned space missions to the orbiting station Mir.