mo4ch:>‘He feels good’: Humanoid robot Fedor safe despite ISS docking abort in space | Mo4ch News
A technical glitch postponed a long-awaited rendezvous of International Space Station with a Soyuz mission, but the canceled approach didn’t put Fedor, a humanoid robot aboard the Russian craft, in harm’s way, Roscosmos said.An unmanned Soyuz MS-14, carrying supplies and the anthropomorphic robot Skybot F-850 –otherwise known as Fedor– failed to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) this Saturday. The capsule was on its final approach when cosmonauts suddenly sent an abort command from the station, which led to the Soyuz craft being guided away to a safe distance.The MS-14 is the first Russian ferry spacecraft to bring a humanoid robot into orbit, and the aborted docking naturally made headlines in local and international media. Shortly after the news broke, the space agency assured the public that no one was harmed in the incident.The Skybot, who turns out to be the only ‘crew member’ on the Soyuz, “is calm and awaits the docking,” Roscosmos commented. “At no point was the …