1.   As the astronauts worked Friday, a shuttle pass high over Hurricane Luis afforded a view of the powerful Atlantic disturbance.

2.   Astronauts work and live inside cramped, high-tech space capsules packed with computers and controls.

3.   Boeing is also experimenting with heavy suits that will allow astronauts to work in space.

4.   Many more astronauts will be working in space.

5.   Seven American astronauts have worked aboard Mir in the past three years, they noted.

6.   Some of the hoses and cables the astronauts were working with were stiff, twisted and hard to maneuver, extending the time of the spacewalk.

7.   The astronauts will work closely with teams of ground-based astronomers, some associated with the project for more than a decade.

8.   The bus-sized facility will allow the astronauts to work around the clock.

9.   The shuttle astronauts worked with a third experimental space station system early Wednesday.

10.   They plan to evaluate improvements in spacesuits intended to enable astronauts to work under much colder conditions.