1.   Earlier Saturday, the shuttle astronauts accomplished the last of their mission objectives, the deployment of a glittering student science satellite called Starshine.

2.   Earlier, the six-man crew retrieved a Japanese science satellite and deployed and recovered an experimental National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacecraft.

3.   Five astronauts plan to deploy and retrieve two science satellites and take a near seven-hour spacewalk to evaluate space station assembly techniques and tools.

4.   In addition to the Mir rendezvous, the shuttle crew plans to deploy a small science satellite for two days of free flight.

5.   No one was hurt, according to the agency, but four uninsured science satellites the rocket was to carry into space were lost.

6.   The United States and Japan expect to forge stronger ties in space this week, when an international shuttle crew blasts off to retrieve an orbiting Japanese science satellite.

7.   This time, they retrieved a Japanese science satellite called the Space Flyer Unit and prepared to cooperate in the assembly of the international space station.

8.   A Japanese instrument aboard the Aqua science satellite was shut down this week after engineers found that it was malfunctioning, a NASA spokesman said Friday.

9.   A Japanese instrument aboard the Aqua science satellite was shutdown this week after engineers found that it was malfunctioning, a NASA spokesman said Friday.

10.   During the eight-day flight, Titov will use the shuttle robot arm to release a science satellite and move two spacewalkers around the cargo bay.