Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

Part of Shuttle Attached Payloads

Particle physics experiment, carried on STS-91, which used a cross-bay carrier containing a 3,000 kg magnet and scintillator detectors used in a search for antiprotons and antinuclei in cosmic rays. A later version of AMS was delivered to and installed on the International Space Station on STS-134.

AKA: AMS. Status: Operational 1998. First Launch: 1998-06-02. Last Launch: 1998-06-02. Number: 1 .

Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Space Shuttle. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Bibliography: 6338.

1998 June 2 - . 22:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Launch Platform: MLP1. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - . Payload: AMS. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Program: Mir. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle Attached Payloads. Spacecraft: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. COSPAR: 1998-034xx.

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