1.   The adaptor will remain with Unity when the shuttle returns to earth.

2.   The shuttle will return on Sunday, as scheduled..

3.   The shuttle will return to Earth with about a half-ton of Russian gear and specimens from medical experiments.

4.   The researchers will get some answers when the shuttle returns to Earth with the recorded data.

5.   For the first time, a shuttle was returning home with more people than it carried at launch.

6.   In addition to bringing back Leonardo, the shuttle is also returning to Earth the three men who had lived aboard the space station since the beginning of November.

7.   The shuttle returned for them more than a week ago and dropped off their replacements.

8.   The U.S. shuttle would then return to Earth with the five Americans plus old Mir crew, leaving two new cosmonauts aboard the Russian space station.

9.   The U.S. shuttle would then return to Earth with the five Americans from Atlantis plus the old Mir crew, including U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard.

10.   The shuttle returns to Earth Friday, while Mir will stay in orbit.