>>>The cover of FLASH magazine has STS and a Russian spacecraft. >>>What is the Russian craft? >>>What is the word printed on it ( KPNCTA|| ) ? This is russian (Cyrillic) letters, usually transcribed as KRISTALL =20 (Crystal) ------------------------------------------------------------ -- bjorn.gimle@online.dextel.se ; 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E -- -- bjorn@tt-tech.se +46-8-59095739 -- --(bjorn.gimle@duesenberg.se) +46-8-7428086 -- ------------------------------------------------------------