Now, That's What You Call Ordering Take-Out

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As most of the world was poring over the stunning pictures from Mars, the crew of the Mir received some good news of their own as a Progress supply ship stocked with repair equipment finally docked with the crippled space station. Cosmonauts needed the supplies for the repair work they'll do during a spacewalk July 17, when they will reconnect power lines with the station's damaged Spektr module. Also delivered today: the world's worst airline food, some oxygen, fuel and a toothbrush for American astronaut Michael Foale.