AMS-2

Launch data: Designation  N/A Launch date  16 May 2011 Launch site  KSC, LC39A Launch vehicle  Space Shuttle Mission  ISS Scientific Component: Destination platform   platform Attached date

AMS-2 photographed during Exp.50 in 2017

Location payloads on ISS

Photographed during the spacewalk conducted on July 12, 2011, shows the ISS with space shuttle Atlantis docked at right. In the center foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. Credits: NASA

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• Cygnus CRS-12, launched on 2 Nov 2019, carries tools and equipment in support of the replacement of the degraded Tracker Thermal Control System (TTCS) on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-2). In the November-December timeframe, Exp 61 astronauts Luca Parmitano and Drew Morgan will perform five spacewalks to support this work.
• The particle physics experiment launched in 2011, with a 3-year expected lifespan. It was never designed to be serviced, so it was not designed with tools in mind, nor are there handrails or foot restraints. Astronauts have never cut and reconnected fluid lines during a spacewalk either, so scientists and engineers from around the world have been tackling the challenges for four years to prepare for and train the astronauts for the upcoming spacewalks.

External links:

• NASA: Payload information
• Wikipedia: Payload Information