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Russian humanoid robot boards space station after delay

It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend."Sorry for the delay. Got stuck in traffic. Am ready to carry on with work," the robot's Twitter account said in a jokey first tweet from space.Copying human movements and designed to help with high-risk tasks, the lifesize robot, Fedor, is due to stay on the ISS until September 7.
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NASA Astronauts Install Parking Spot During ISS Spacewalk

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) successfully carried out the fifth spacewalk this year. For the procedure, two astronauts installed a docking port on the station to provide commercial spacecraft a designated area to park in.
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