NEW : A NASA official says the space station may have to be de-manned . The Associated Press reports that a senior U.S. government source told CNN on Friday that there is no plan for astronauts to leave the orbiting lab anytime soon. On August 24 , a Progress M-12M space freighter carrying food and other items to the space station broke up over southern Siberia after failing to separate from its Soyuz-U carrier rocket , RIA Novosti reported . The announcement follows last week 's loss of a Russian supply vessel .
NEW : A NASA official says the space station may have to be de-manned . The Associated Press reports that a senior U.S. government source told CNN on Friday that there is no plan for astronauts to leave the orbiting lab anytime soon. The announcement follows last week 's loss of a Russian supply vessel .