Five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 09:41
in Astronomy & Space
On May 19, 2011, astronauts used a remote-controlled robotic arm to attach a nearly 17,000-pound payload to the side of the International Space Station. That payload was the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS-02, an international experiment sponsored by the US Department of Energy and NASA.