Last ATV Leaves Progress To Reboost, De-Orbit ISS

Credit: ESA
This week, the five nations that make up the International Space Station (ISS) partnership bid farewell to Europe’s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5), leaving Russia’s Progress freighter the only vessel capable of refueling, boosting and ultimately de-orbiting the space-based...

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