1.   An American astronaut, Dr. Norman Thagard, is to fly into orbit atop a Russian rocket and work for three months in a Russian space station.

2.   Asked Monday if he saw special burdens in his role as the first American to ride a Russian rocket he answered no.

3.   Boeing is also working with Russian rocket manufacturers on its Sea Launch satellite launch program.

4.   A direct hit by a Russian rocket flattened the garage, killing them instantly.

5.   But Dudayev died in a Russian rocket attack last month, three weeks after Yeltsin announced a unilateral cease-fire that never took effect.

6.   Despite several Russian rocket attacks, the rebel commanders had been given orders Wednesday to fire only to protect themselves, and they seemed to be following those orders.

7.   He was referring to the separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, who was killed last month in a Russian rocket attack.

8.   It seeks to adapt Ukrainian and Russian rocket technologies to tap an emerging market for the lofting of hundreds of communication satellites into orbit.

9.   Lockheed is already buying into the work of Russian rocket specialists, and Stanford has created a Center for International Cooperation in Space.

10.   One corner of the compound contained sacks of Russian air-to-surface rockets, which would ordinarily be fired from helicopters but which Namangani had mounted on trucks and cars.