Elon Musk’s Dragon spacecraft lifts Space Station to new altitude
Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has added a new skill to its resume: raising the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). In a first-of-its-kind manoeuvre, Dragon used engines in its trunk section to gently push the orbiting laboratory to a slightly higher altitude. The test burn lasted five minutes and three seconds, employing two…