31.   They also are expected to announce whether French astronaut Leopold Eyharts will postpone his trip to the orbiting station until next year.

32.   They also will be installing a retrofitted spare hatch separating the Spektr module from the rest of the orbiting station.

33.   The way NASA sees it, the Russians cannot afford Progress cargo ships and Soyuz manned capsules for two orbiting stations.

34.   They are also expected to announce whether French astronaut Leopold Eyharts will postpone his trip to the orbiting station until next year.

35.   They are also expected to announce whether French astronaut Leopold Eyharts will stay behind, postponing his planned trip to the orbiting station until next year.

36.   Two Russian Buran space shuttles that were built to fly to the orbiting Mir station are parked in a hangar, grounded for good.

37.   Two days after blasting off, a Russian-German space crew docked their spacecraft with the Mir orbiting station, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

38.   Two days after blasting off, a Russian-German space crew prepared Wednesday to dock with the Mir orbiting station.

39.   Two days later, he and his two Russian crewmates will dock with the orbiting Mir station for a three-month stay.

40.   Yuri Baturin, a former Defense Council Secretary and presidential advisor, had been scheduled to spend three weeks on the orbiting station in August.