AMS Installation Caps 17-Year Odyssey

By Mark Carreau .

HOUSTON – When the STS-134 crew installs the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) particle detector experiment aboard the International Space Station later this week, it will mark another milestone in a project that began in 1994.

The day after Endeavour’s planned May 18 docking, the astronauts will use the robot arms aboard shuttle ...

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