The powerful Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is visible at center left. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene, on May 20, 2011 (Flight Day 5 of the STS-134 shuttle mission).
NASA held a press conference April 3, 2013, to present the first result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment. Nobel laureate Samuel Ting, principal investigator of the project, appears on a videolink from Switzerland at top.
A still from a CERN webcast originating in Switzerland on April 3, 2013, shows Professor Samuel Ting presenting the first result of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment aboard the International Space Station.
A still from a CERN webcast originating in Switzerland on April 3, 2013, shows Professor Samuel Ting presenting the first result of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment aboard the International Space Station.
A still from a CERN webcast originating in Switzerland on April 3, 2013, shows Professor Samuel Ting presenting the first result of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment aboard the International Space Station.
A press conference was held at CERN in Switzerland on April 3, 2013, to announce the first result of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment aboard the International Space Station.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is transferred out of the space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay by the shuttle's robotic arm on May 19, 2011.
An artist's concept of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer installed on the International Space Station.
Artist's concept of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a particle physics detector that will be installed on the starboard truss of the International Space Station.
Delivered to the International Space Station by space shuttle Endeavour in 2011, AMS-2 was installed on the station’s truss by astronauts using the robot arms on both shuttle and station. See how it works in this full infographic.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment hangs on the side of the International Space Station, July 12, 2011.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment seen during the STS-135 flyaround on July 19, 2011. Image was taken aboard space shuttle Atlantis after undocking on STS-135 Flight Day 12.
Astronaut Don Pettit swaps the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's laptop hard drive aboard the International Space Station, February 3, 2012.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment hangs on the side of the International Space Station, as seen from the window of a Soyuz spacecraft, May 3, 2012.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment and an astronaut are seen in a reflected self-portrait outside the International Space Station, May 3, 2012.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment hangs on the side of the International Space Station, June 29, 2012.
