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Atlantis docked to the International Space station 07/2011

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-sts13-53051

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 right and a Russian Soyuz docked to Pirs, below the sun at far left. In the center 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 - ATLANTIS - COSMIC RAY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 28 - EXPERIMENT - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - LAUNCHER - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - SOYUZ - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACE STATION - SPACESHIP - STS-135 - SUN -