AMS To Get Longer Lease On Life
By Irene Klotz
The high-profile Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle physics experiment to be mounted on the International Space Station will be outfitted with a magnet flown in 1998 on the STS-91 prototype AMS.
Though less powerful than the liquid helium-cooled superconducting magnet built for AMS-02, the originally flown magnet should allow the particle detector to operate in space for 10 to 18 years, rather than the three-year design life for the cryogenic ...
