space station crew - food runs low

[Rowan]

Holiday feast in doubt for space station crew as food runs low

Thu Dec 9, 7:11 PM ET






CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Food is running so low aboard the international space station the two crewmen have been instructed to cut back on calories, at least until a Russian supply ship arrives in a little over two weeks, NASA said Thursday.

If anything goes wrong with the Christmas Day delivery, the space agency will have no choice, given the grounding of its shuttle fleet, but to abandon the station and bring the men home in early January. This cargo ship "is very critical, there's no question about that," said NASA's space station program manager, Bill Gerstenmaier.

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