51.   Seven other Canadians have preceded her into orbit, and Canadian astronauts have completed more space missions than those from any other country except the United States and Russia.

52.   Space missions are miracles of communications technology and precision engineering.

53.   Some planners envision sophisticated materials for spacecraft surfaces with the ability to detect and repair meteorite damage during long space missions.

54.   Some scientists argue that it is a technical challenge that may be too much for unmanned space missions.

55.   The company also says that its product was used by American astronauts in space missions.

56.   The music comes from a process developed by Wayne Stahnke, who got his ideas working on the Voyager space mission for NASA.

57.   The space program will also still require new and innovative space technologies and smaller spacecraft to lower the cost of future space missions.

58.   The space agency hailed as a success what it deemed the most complex space research mission ever attempted.

59.   The stakes -- a launching to the most important space mission since men landed on the moon -- will be enormous.

60.   The scientists were applauded by Indian reporters, asked for their autographs and generally treated much like early American astronauts returning from a space mission.