1.   An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft with repair supplies for Mir will be launched this week.

2.   In July Tsibliev was remotely controlling the unmanned cargo capsule that sideswiped the station.

3.   Russia routinely used unmanned cargo vessels to resupply their space station.

4.   Russian space officials Monday blamed an overlooked clamp for blocking an attempt to separate an unmanned cargo capsule from the Mir space station.

5.   The drama began when the three-man U.S. and Russian crew were practicing a docking maneuver with the unmanned cargo ship.

6.   The Russian and U.S. space agencies have characterized Mir as being in a steady recovery from the collision with an unmanned cargo capsule during a docking test.

7.   The ranger is being developed by NASA for use on a future unmanned cargo capsule that could make automated dockings with the U.S.-led international space station.

8.   Under the NASA scenario, an unmanned cargo vehicle would land on Mars in advance and begin transforming carbon dioxide into fuel.

9.   An unmanned cargo ship that docked with the station in February brought oxygen and other supplies, and the cabin pressure has been brought to normal, Lyndin said.

10.   An unmanned cargo ship successfully re-docked with the Mir on Monday after hovering near the space station since last month, officials said.