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Russian Supply Ship Docks At ISS

Posted by timothy on from the nutella-duct-tape-and-string-cheese dept.

CryptoJoe writes "Space.com and CNN report a successful docking between the Russian-built cargo ship Progress 16 and the International Space Station (ISS). NASA had indicated that a failure of Progress 16 would lead to the evacuation of the ISS because food supplies are critically low."

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  1. Re:Not to sound like an ass by Phil246 · · Score: 2, Informative

    not really. theres an emergency escape module which is perminately docked with the ISS. if push came to shove they could use that to return to earth