1.   A Soyuz spacecraft is always docked to the Mir as an emergency escape vehicle.

2.   A Soyuz spacecraft is always docked to the Mir so the crew can quickly return to Earth if their lives are in danger.

3.   He was undergo extensive medical tests during the five days that the spacecraft are docked.

4.   That spacecraft cannot be docked by remote control, he said.

5.   The spacecraft will be docked together for one week.

6.   The two spacecraft will be docked together for one week.

7.   Two days after blasting off, a Russian-German space crew docked their spacecraft with the Mir orbiting station, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.