1.   A spokesman in Moscow said the Russian craft suffered minimal damage and no radiation leaked after the accident on Saturday.

2.   And the Russian craft must be rotated from the station every six months or so because they run low on power and fuel.

3.   A winged American spaceship has never before docked with a Russian craft.

4.   In addition, the shuttle is to bring back about a ton of scientific samples, equipment and other material from the Russian craft.

5.   The American astronaut Shannon Lucid was ready to have her return ticket to Earth punched, ending her record-breaking six-month tour aboard the Russian craft.

6.   The first delay occurred when the pilotless Russian craft Progress had difficulty docking with the international space station a day earlier.

7.   The shuttle is carrying a pressurized module, Spacehab, in its cargo bay that is filled with food, scientific equipment and other supplies for the Russian craft.

8.   The shuttle is carrying in its cargo bay a pressurized module, Spacehab, that is filled with food, scientific equipment and other supplies for the Russian craft.

9.   At best, the Russian craft appears old and accident-prone.

10.   Russians in fur hats at the adjacent grandstand poured champagne in celebration of the first voyage of a U.S. astronaut on a Russian craft.