1.   Hedgehogs, which fish in this region, float about up there, remaining aloft due to the inflated sacs of natural methane which surround their bodies.

2.   A top Russian Space Agency official said Tuesday that Mir will remain aloft at least through February, though government funding will cease at the end of August.

3.   Bush remained aloft in Air Force One, following a secretive route and making only brief stopovers at Air Force bases in Louisiana and Nebraska.

4.   Discovery astronauts remained aloft Monday, their landing attempt waved off by ground fog at their landing site in Florida.

5.   Discovery has electricity, breathing air, food and water to remain aloft until Thursday if necessary.

6.   In short, the performers are beginning to list and lean, and people are beginning to wonder how long the balancing act can remain aloft.

7.   Russians believe the craft will remain aloft and useful as long as there is a Russian willing to tinker and fix it.

8.   The crew could, if necessary, remain aloft until Monday.

9.   The space agency said Columbia has enough electrical power and other provisions to remain aloft through Tuesday, if necessary.

10.   The sixth American to visit Mir, Wolf will remain aloft until mid-January with his Russian hosts, Anatoly Solovyev and Pavel Vinogradov.