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.
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.
Speaking to
Russian cosmonauts on the ISS via a video link-up, President
Vladimir Putin lavished praise on them for the way they handled the glitch.