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  • MOSCOW (AFP) Dec 09, 2004
    The two-man crew on board the International Space Station is slowly starting to run out of food and may have nothing left to eat within a matter of weeks, Russian space authorities said Thursday.

    "A lengthy pause in the flights of the space shuttles has complicated the situation with provision on board the ISS," Interfax quoted a spokesman with the Russian Space Agency as saying.

    The official said that supplies would last until mid-January, making it crucial that a Russian cargo ship goes off without a hitch as scheduled on December 24.

    "In this situation, any launch ... is very important for the station and the crew," the official said.

    The space station, which had been supplied by US space shuttles until the February 2003 Columbia disaster, is now only supplied by Russian craft, which have a much smaller cargo capacity.




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