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The Russian Humanoid Robot "Fyodor" Has Been Sent into Space
Russian robot Fyodor or Fedor, officially designated Skybot F-850, has flown into space, international media reported.
The Soyuz capsule brought the humanoid robot into orbit, then headed for the International Space Station.
"He made it to orbit and is en route to the International Space Station," NASA spokesperson Rob Navias said
Astronauts return to Earth on Russian Soyuz spaceship
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut on Thursday returned to Earth aboard a Soyuz space capsule after spending six months at the International Space Station.
Yelena Serova -- the first female Russian cosmonaut to have spent time on the ISS -- landed along with Alexander Samokutyaev and Barry Wilmore in snowy Kazakhstan just after sunrise.
US astronauts step out on spacewalk
Two American astronauts on Feb. 25 stepped out on the second of three spacewalks to prepare the International Space Station for the arrival of commercial capsules ferrying astronauts in the coming years.
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Space station crew safe, no ammonia leak confirmed: NASA
The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said Jan. 14.