In the past, vehicles such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) were also used to lift the altitude of the ISS. The ATV has, however, long since been retired ...

MOSCOW, May 12, /TASS/. The orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) will be adjusted on May 20 before the arrival of a Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft, Russia’s State Space ...

After leaving ISS, Northrop Grumman controllers will fire Cygnus’ engine to raise the craft’s orbital altitude above that of the Station’s. In this higher orbit, Cygnus will deploy two ...