Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
USA
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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.
Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Space Shuttle
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral LC39A
- Bibliography
- 6338
Chronology
1 event
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.