Friday will see a new event for the International Space Station (ISS) as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is used to boost its altitude for the first time. As drag works on the space station, its altitude gradually degrades over time, and so it needs to be given an occasional push to keep it at its correct altitude, around 250 miles from the Earth’s surface. The reboost is scheduled for today, November 8, as one of the Dragons that is currently docked to the space station will fire its thrusters for…
