An unmanned
spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit failed to dock automatically at the
International Space Station on Saturday, in a new setback for Moscow.
"Russian cosmonauts issued a command to abort the automated approach of an uncrewed
Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station," the US space agency
NASA said in a statement.
"The craft was unable to lock onto its target at the station," and "backed a safe distance away from the orbital complex while the Russian flight controllers assess the next steps," NASA said.