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Russian Ship Resupplies Space Station

Posted by michael on Sunday August 31, 2003 @07:09AM from the borscht-and-vodka dept.

nuke-alwin writes "The Kansas City Star is reporting that a Russian unmanned space ship has brought fresh supplies to the International Space Station. Since the grounding of the space shuttle fleet the ISS depends on the Russians to get supplies. The crew have also received satellite telephones for the first time."

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Re:Junk the Shuttle -- and ISS while you're at it. by wronkiew · 2003-09-01 08:32 · Score: 3, Informative

Titan is retired, they aren't going to launch any more Titan IV's.

One is scheduled to lift off next week. Vandenburg lists two to be launched in 2004.