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In this photo taken on Friday, July 26, 2019, and distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, a Roscosmos employee works on the Fedor robot before being loaded into a Soyuz capsule to be launched Thursday Aug. 22, 2019, by a new Soyuz 2.1a rocket from the launch pad at Russia???s space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The new Russian rocket, that is expected to replace the current model sending manned missions into space, blasted off Thursday, carrying a Soyuz capsule with a humanoid robot that will be tested in spaceflight conditions aboard the International Space Station (ISS). (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service photo via AP)