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

62.   The front page of the first issue carried a large article on the American astronaut John Glenn, which drew complaints that the paper was not Canadian enough.

63.   The estimate is three times the total conducted by all American astronauts in more than three decades of spaceflight.

64.   The fourth American astronaut to stay on the Mir is now aboard the Russian outpost for a four-month visit.

65.   The meeting will come just days before the space shuttle Atlantis is set to carry another American astronaut up to the beleaguered outpost.

66.   The oldest and newest American astronaut has volunteered for two experiments to assess muscle loss and sleep disturbances during the shuttle flight.

67.   The shuttle is leaving behind Dr. David Wolf, the sixth American astronaut to live and work on the outpost.

68.   The six-hour outing marked only the fifth time that an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut have strolled in space together.

69.   The request from Russia that an American astronaut help repair the ailing Mir space station seems well worth honoring.

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