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Russia Sends Long-Awaited Food, Supplies to ISS Cosmonauts – The Moscow Times

The Progress MS-16 freighter’s delayed launch forced Russian cosmonauts to turn to American colleagues for supplies.

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Russia has launched a postponed cargo spacecraft carrying food and supplies to cosmonauts at the International Space Station who had been forced to rely on American colleagues for supplies.
The Progress MS-16 freighter was due to send 2.5 tons of food, fuel and adhesives for air leak repairs to the ISS in December but was delayed due to the need for additional inspections. Until then, cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov turned to four American astronauts to pull them through. 
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