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Russian Spacecraft Carrying Robot Docks with Space Station: TASS

This was its second attempt after the first failed on Saturday.
Anton Kolodyazhnyy
Polina Devitt
Aug 27 2019
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This was its second attempt after the first failed on Saturday.
A still image, taken from a video footage and released by Russian space agency Roscosmos, shows robot Skybot F-850, also known as FEDOR, inside the Russian Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft carried by Soyuz-2.1a booster after the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan August 22, 2019. Russian space agency Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS
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Moscow: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a humanoid robot docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, TASS news agency reported, citing a live broadcast.

The FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) robot is on a planned mission to support the crew and test its skills. It will stay on the station until September 7.

The first docking attempt on Saturday failed due to issues related to the automatic docking system.

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The Skybot F-850 is the first humanoid robot sent to space by Russia. NASA sent a humanoid robot, Robonaut 2, to space in 2011 to work in hazardous environments.

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