1.   And before the cosmonauts finally carried out their vital repair mission Friday, there were a lot of episodes.

2.   Two Russian cosmonauts carried out a space walk Friday to prepare the orbital station Mir for its docking with a scientific module, the Interfax news agency reported.

3.   Two Russian cosmonauts carried out what probably will be the last spacewalk from the Mir space station Wednesday to unravel a new antenna and conduct other experiments.

4.   Both cosmonauts carried out a first successful spacewalk Friday.