27-08-2019 15:40 via theverge.com

After a botched docking attempt, Russia delivers a humanoid robot to the space station

A new Russian humanoid robot arrived at the International Space Station on August 26th. It was the only crew member of a Soyuz rocket that launched to orbit on August 22nd from Kazakhstan. The mission called for flying the Soyuz without a human crew in order to test new upgrades and software and to deliver this android to the ISS.
Getting to the station was a bit of an ordeal for the robot. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally supposed to dock with the ISS on August 24th, but the meet-up was abor
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