Showing posts with label Soyuz MS-14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soyuz MS-14. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2022

FEDOR, first humanoid robot in space, launched 2019



FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) was a Russian humanoid robot, planned to be able to carry out rescue operations at the International Space Station.  It was launched aboard Soyuz MS-14 on August 22, 2019.  The spaceship docked successfully on August 27.  IT conducted a set of tests successfully on August 30, and on September 6, it returned to earth in the Soyuz re-entry capsule.  Russian scientists concluded that it could not fulfill its mission to replace humans on space walks.  The project has been cancelled.




Saturday, August 22, 2020

Soyuz MS-14 launched 2019


Soyuz MS-14, an unmanned spacecraft, was launched August 22, 2019 to the International Space Station.    It was the first unpiloted mission of the Soyuz program to the ISS and the first Soyuz crew vessel without a crew in 33 years.

Its mission was to test a modification of the launch abort system.  Its first attempt at docking with the ISS on August 24 was unsuccessful and cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin commanded it to back a safe distance away from the space station.  They tried again, this time using a manual docking procedure and successfully docked with the ISS on August 27.