Lots of details at flatoday.com today. Articles about the latest shuttle preparations, one about the latest (minor) problems on Mir, quoted below, and also one titled "Drink to oldest man-made orbiter", about Vanguard 1 = 5 = 58- 2B, also quoted below. Cheers. --- "It's the oldest man-made object still in orbit, and is destined to retain that distinction for hundreds of years to come," says Bob Gray of Cocoa Beach. The Vanguard 1 satellite "was the first separable satellite (rather than being attached to the final booster stage, like Explorer I) and was the first to use solar cells. And it discovered the Earth to be pear-shaped," said Bob. --- "There are no direct reprimands for the crew, but we are sure to conduct the due analysis," he said. "The crew's actions were not completely proper, and we had to resort to help from the American." The mood at Mission Control was gloomy, and Solovyov snapped at the cosmonauts as problems piled up. "Don't do anything without our command," Solovyov said at one point.