International Space Station crew relocates Soyuz capsule
MOSCOW — The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully relocated a Soyuz space capsule to another docking port to facilitate the rendezvous with another spacecraft.
The maneuver followed Saturday’s failed docking of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft. The docking attempt was aborted due to a suspected glitch linked to an automated control system onboard the space station. Another attempt will be made on Tuesday.
Article continues after this advertisementOn Monday, Alexander Skvortsov of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, NASA’s Drew Morgan and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency donned spacesuits and climbed into the Soyuz MS-13 space capsule serving as a lifeboat at the station to steer it to another docking port.
The maneuver is intended to facilitate Tuesday’s repeat docking attempt of the Soyuz MS-14 that carries a Russian humanoid robot called Fedor. /kga