Source: ESAFor the first time since docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 3rd, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) "Jules Verne" currently attached to the station's Zvezda module has been instructed to carry out an impressive task: push the ISS to a higher orbit. The robotic supply vessel, carried out a 12 minute 20 second burn of its main engines lifting the 280 tonne station 4.5 km (2.8 miles) to a new altitude of 342 km (213 miles). This is the first time an ESA spaceship has carried out such a task and it appears to have performed with perfection .(read more)
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