1.   A spanner used to unlock the outer hatch, through which the cosmonauts leave the Mir, broke and the crew was looking for a replacement.

2.   An angry Solovyov said the Russian cosmonauts left the pressure valve in the wrong position, according to ITAR-Tass.

3.   Two Russian cosmonauts left the Mir space station Thursday for a five-hour spacewalk, leaving their American colleague inside at the controls.

4.   Two Russian cosmonauts left the Mir space station early Friday for what was expected to be a five-hour spacewalk to move a reusable solar battery.

5.   The Russian convention is to time the operation from the moment the cosmonauts leave the departure hatch and enter space.