Tag: AMS
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ISS Particle Hunter to receive new life through upcoming spacewalks
For over eight years a small scientific instrument, perched atop of the International Space Station’s S3 truss segment, has been hunting for cosmic particles that have traveled from the furthest reaches of the universe. An upcoming set of spacewalks is set to extend its lifetime. The $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 2 (AMS-02) launched aboard…
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ISS robotics assess AMS-02 health, potential EVA, five years into operations
The International Space Station’s robotic assets paid a recent visit to AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -02) to survey the external health of the payload and gain imagery ahead of a potential servicing EVA. This week marked the fifth anniversary since AMS-02 was launched to the orbital outpost in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour, as…
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ISS robotics assess AMS-02 health, potential EVA, five years into operations
The International Space Station’s robotic assets paid a recent visit to AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -02) to survey the external health of the payload and gain imagery ahead of a potential servicing EVA. This week marked the fifth anniversary since AMS-02 was launched to the orbital outpost in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour, as…
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Endeavour’s ongoing legacy: AMS-02 proving its value
The first exciting results from the AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer -02) were released this week, providing what may be the first tangible clues in the ongoing investigation into Dark Matter in the universe. However, the $2 billion experiment only made it into space thanks to the addition of a mission for Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134. STS-134:…
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STS-134: Endeavour’s slip to aid AMS change – New EVA protocol in work
NASA managers are realigning Endeavour’s processing flow milestones, as her launch date slips to an interim placeholder of April 1, 2011. Although the original late February launch date was fully supported by all the hardware elements participating in STS-134, the slip allows for extra contingency time for late changes to be carried out on the…
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Downstream shuttle planning: CLFs, AMS noted, MAF working on extra ETs
Shuttle managers have made extensive changes to their 2010 launch schedule ambitions, with the “inclusion” of STS-134 as an additional flight. Meanwhile, three additional External Tanks being worked on at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in pre-emption of a shuttle extension. STS-133 and STS-134: According to planning documents on L2, STS-133 will now carry a…