Russia's 1st Humanoid Robot in Space
Fedor in Orbit Source: Russian Space Agency Roscosmos - Fedor Spacebot Docking at ISS Aborted Today Russia's first humanoid robot Fedor or Skybot F850 is travelling in space aboard an unmanned spacecraft to the International Space Station. The Russian Soyez spacecraft tried to dock with the ISS to deliver Fedor today but the docking was aborted. Russian cosmonauts issued the order to abort the approach to the ISS because the Soyez wasn't on target to properly lock-on. Second Try on Tuesday The crewless, automated Soyez backed away safely and Russian flight controllers are determining next steps. They believe the problem was a radio failure aboard the ISS not the Soyez. The Director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos says they'll try again to dock on Tuesday morning. Fedor, Astronauts' Assistant Once on board the ISS, Fedor will start learning how to serve as an astronauts' assistant. His actions are human-like and he'll perform light t...