With Food Running Low, Space Crew Must Cut Back

The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been asked to curb their calories because of a food shortage, NASA officials said.

Supplies of food and water on the station have fallen so low that if a Russian cargo vessel scheduled to arrive on Dec. 25 has a mishap or is significantly delayed, the astronauts, one American and one Russian, will have to abandon the station and return home months ahead of schedule.

Originally from The New York Times