1.   Because all reports at the time said the spacecraft had come down far out at sea, the reports were assumed to be an ordinary meteor and largely ignored.

2.   History shows some reason for concern when large spacecraft come down, though none are known to have caused serious injuries, deaths or major property damage.

3.   In some cases, the spacecraft will come within a few hundred miles, providing unprecedented close-ups of their wildly varied surfaces.

4.   It was only the second time in history that a spacecraft came this close to the core, or nucleus, of a comet.

5.   The new photographs showed more detail of the undulating contours of the plain where the Pathfinder spacecraft came to rest.

6.   The photographs showed more detail of the undulating contours of the plain where the Pathfinder spacecraft came to rest.

7.   He said the spacecraft could have come in at a number of points along its ground track.

8.   The danger was that the two spacecraft would come together too fast and bump into each other causing a catastrophe in outer space before a live television audience.