The first robot to fly into Russian space back to Earth

On the morning of September 7, the Russian Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft carrying humanoid robot Skybot F-850 landed on the prairies of south-central Kazakhstan with other equipment.

The ship's landing position is 140 km southeast of Dzhezkazgan, according to NASA. Officials at the Russian Roscosmos Space Agency were on site and repairing the ship for post-flight analysis. Soyuz MS-14 is the first unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to visit the International Space Station ISS.

Robot Skybot F-850 also known as Fedor.(Photo: Live Science).

Roscosmos launched Soyuz on August 22 to check the vehicle's compatibility with the Soyuz 2.1a improved rocket. This is Soyuz's first flight on a 2.1a rocket. Previously, this missile was often used to launch Progress self-propelled cargo ships.

Roscosmos authorities also took advantage of the flight to check for other upgrades on the Soyuz to allow future self-propelled ships to bring goods back to Earth, including navigation, navigation and navigation systems. control landing.

Soyuz MS-14 paired with ISS on August 27, a few days behind due to a technical problem at the station. The test flight attracted a lot of attention by carrying a 1.8 meter tall humanoid robot called Skybot F-850 (Fedor) and 657 kg of supplies. The robot is equipped with many sensors to record the feeling during the launch. Russian astronauts on the ISS also conducted a series of experiments with the robot to study its potential for future space flight.

1. The first robot astronaut drove a space ship to the ISS station
2. Russia first launched a humanoid robot on the ISS