1.   Currently, the outpost includes a half-dozen major modules, including the large U.S. science research module Destiny.

2.   After seeing the interactive research module, I left with the feeling that these Internet pioneers were exploring exciting territory.

3.   Lee was to join another crewman for at least three spacewalks to link the research module to the station.

4.   New programs will include both tours and interactive laboratory research modules.

5.   Research modules will be contributed by Japan and the European Space Agency, and Canada will build a mechanical arm to move the pieces around in space.

6.   The Russians also will likely lower the number of habitable research modules they plan to contribute to the new station or substitute less expensive components, Trafton said.

7.   U.S., Japanese and European research modules presumably would be attached later.

8.   Over the weekend, the crew plans to do some work reconnecting some units at the Priroda research module.

9.   A research module carrying gear for American astronaut Shannon Lucid docked with the Russian space station Mir on Friday, the Interfax news agency said.

10.   ITAR-Tass said Reiter and Gidzenko rode on a telescopic crane to the Spektr research module and the platform holding the samples and other scientific equipment.