The Russian mission that led an android in space failed | Chronic

The Soyuz MS-14 with the Russian android "Fyodor"As a single member of the crew, he will repeat the coupling maneuver at the International Space Station (IEE) next Monday after not being able to finish this Saturday due to a technical malfunction according to reports by Roscosmos and NASA.

"The repetition of mating will take place on Monday morning 26. Skybot (Fiódor) is doing well and is monitoring the situation from the ship", posted on Facebook Vladimir Ustimenko, spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

The Soyuz, which took off on August 22 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan), should have been automatically connected to the orbital platform this Saturday at 08:30 (02:30 in Argentina).
According to the live footage, it was possible to see how the Russian ship had started to approach the IEE, but had suddenly stopped advancing about 60 meters from her. target, reported EFE.

"Everything was going well up to a distance of 200 meters from where some oscillations had never been detected before (in the Soyuz) and already in the driving phase, we understood that we would not be able to pair them in automatic mode "Vladimir Soloviov, head of air missions of the Russian segment, told the local press.

The problem was reported at the space station, where the Russian-made Kurs coupling system failed, thus preventing Soyuz stabilization and maneuvering, NASA also confirmed.

Soloviov pointed out that the problem is "Correctable", but also admitted that the damaged part was most likely to be replaced by the station team, now integrated by the Russians Alexei Ovchinin and Alexandr Skvortsov; Americans Andrew Morgan, Nick The Hague and Christina Kochand the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA) Luca Parmitano.

To ensure the safety of the ISS and the ship, the Soyuz has been removed from about 300 meters, its orbit has been reoriented and is now in the state of waiting. Roscosmos announced that the ISS and the six astronauts who occupy it are out of danger and that on Monday, the Soyuz will again attempt to rejoin the platform.

The Soyuz MS-14 was released on Thursday with the first Russian android, "Fyodor" – officially called Fedor for its Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research and bearing the code Skybot-F850-, which should stay at the station for 14 days.