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AMS on the International Space station 07/2011

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-sts13-53052

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

This picture, photographed by NASA astronaut Ron Garan during the spacewalk conducted on July 12, 2011, shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked at the edge of the frame on the far right and a Russian Soyuz docked to Pirs, below the sun. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. AMS is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector designed to use the unique environment of space to advance knowledge of the universe and lead to the understanding of the universe's origin by searching for antimatter and dark matter, and measuring cosmic rays.

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2011 - ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER - AMS - ANTIMATTER - ATLANTIS - COSMIC RAY - DARK MATTER - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 28 - EXPERIMENT - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - PARTICLE PHYSICS - SOYUZ - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACE STATION - SPACESHIP - STS-135 - SUN -