Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino explains NASA's DART mission and why they intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid A coolant leak detected from the aft end of the Russian space capsule docked to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike, according to a Russian space official. Sergei Krikalev, a veteran cosmonaut who serves as the director of crewed space flight programs at Roscosmos, said Thursday that a meteorite striking one of the radiators of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule could have caused the coolant to escape. Krikalev said in a statement that the malfunction could affect the performance of the capsule's coolant system and the temperature in the equipment section of the capsule. Roscosmos and NASA have both said that the incident had not posed any danger to the station's crew. "There have been no other changes in parameters on the Soyuz spacecraft and the station, so there is no threat for the crew," he said.

An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit failed to dock 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. Russian flight controllers had told the ISS crew it appeared the problem that prevented automated docking was in the station and not the Soyuz spacecraft, NASA added. The docking had been scheduled for 0530 GMT but a live broadcast of the event on the website of the Russian space agency Roscosmos was interrupted when the Soyuz approached to about 100 metres (yards) off the ISS.

A humanoid robot sent by Russia's Vladimir Putin to the International Space Station (ISS) has failed to dock. A live stream of the six-foot Fedor robot - strapped in the pilot seat of the Soyuz spacecraft while wielding a Russia's white, blue and red flag - had to be interrupted with the humanoid still 100 meters away, news agency AFP reported. Fedor, an artificially intelligent robot known officially as Skybot F-850, was on an automated and unmanned mission to the space station, where he is supposed to help out crews for ten days. He is said to be the first humanoid sent to space by Russia. Having failed its landing at 05:30 BST on Saturday, Fedor will now have to wait until Monday to try reaching the ISS again.

A humanoid robot sent by Russia's Vladimir Putin to the International Space Station (ISS) has failed to dock. A live stream of the six-foot Fedor robot - strapped in the pilot seat of the Soyuz spacecraft while wielding a Russia's white, blue and red flag - had to be interrupted with the humanoid still 100 meters away, news agency AFP reported. Fedor, an artificially intelligent robot known officially as Skybot F-850, was on an automated and unmanned mission to the space station, where he is supposed to help out crews for ten days. He is said to be the first humanoid sent to space by Russia. Having failed its landing at 05:30 BST on Saturday, Fedor will now have to wait until Monday to try reaching the ISS again.

MOSCOW – In a new setback for Moscow, 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. "Russian cosmonauts issued a command to abort the automated approach of an uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station," the U.S. 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. Russian flight controllers had told the ISS crew it appeared the problem that prevented automated docking was in the station and not the Soyuz spacecraft, NASA added. Moscow news agencies quoted the flight center control as saying the Soyuz craft had to retreat to a "secure distance" from the ISS.