31.   Without the maneuver, the two spacecraft would have passed within eight-tenths of a mile of one another.

32.   Before the hatches between the two spacecraft closed, Culbertson presented the new space station residents with candy canes and a small Christmas tree.

33.   Images from the two spacecraft will be compared for quality.

34.   Once the two spacecraft were tightly joined together, the astronauts ventured into the space station to collect air samples and drop off a few supplies.

35.   Onufrienko, Walz and Bursch made sure they were on the space shuttle side when the hatches between the two spacecraft swung shut Saturday morning.

36.   Once the two spacecraft were tightly joined, the astronauts ventured into the space station to collect air samples and drop off supplies.

37.   Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev had to wait an hour and a half before floating inside to make sure the seal between the two spacecraft was tight.

38.   That was almost the same position where the two spacecraft linked up last Friday.

39.   The crews of Atlantis and Alpha spent their last full day together yesterday, finishing the transfer of supplies between the two spacecraft.

40.   The two spacecraft will be joined for five days.