61.   Thagard and his Russian crew mates, Vladimir Vladimir Dezhurov and Gennady Strekalov, immediately began checking the connections between their Russian capsule and Mir.

62.   The cargo ship is also carrying fresh lemons, by special request from the Russian crew members.

63.   The current Russian crew members, Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, plan at least two spacewalks in coming weeks.

64.   The incident happened seven years ago, when German worked as second officer on a Cypriot ship with a Russian crew, his wife Tatiana told The Associated Press.

65.   The new crew is to overlap with the current Russian crew for three weeks.

66.   The next Russian crew, due in August, will tackle the even tougher job of finding and plugging the gash in the hull.

67.   The outgoing Russian crew showed new arrivals Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov around the space station Friday in preparation for handing over control.

68.   The officials said many of the tanks had Russian crews.

69.   The Russian crew of Georgiy Shayduko, Dmitriy Shabanov and Igor Skalin won the silver in the same year they claimed the world championship.

70.   The Russian crew returns to Earth in a tiny Soyuz landing capsule which is barely large enough for the cosmonauts, let alone any cargo.