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(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed today. Taken into space by the Space Shuttle, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will sift ten thousand cosmic-ray hits every minute, looking for nature’s best-kept particle secrets.
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Feed SubscriptionEndeavour ‘s Final Launch, in Pictures
NASA's shuttle Endeavour made a successful and historic launch at 8:56 a.m.
Read More »The Space Station’s Crown Jewel (preview)
The world’s most advanced cosmic-ray detector took 16 years and $2 billion to build, and not long ago it looked as though it would wind up mothballed in some warehouse.
Read More »Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Additional Resources
A 12-minute NASA video with scientist interviews gives an overview of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) project: [More]
Read More »AMS particle detector heads for the International Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- The AMS particle detector will take off on 29 April 2011 at 21.47 CEST onboard the very last mission of the space Shuttle Endeavour.
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