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The latest news from space-faring countries, agencies, industry and academia   ·   Wednesday 19 June 2013, 11.47pm GMT   ·   Nº 1784
Endeavour confirmed for 29 April

20 April 2011

The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour has been confirmed for 29 April. The primary purpose of the flight is to deliver the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, particle detector, an instrument designed to detect dark matter, antimatter and other exotic phenomena.

A team of 600 scientists from 16 nations, including China and Taiwan, are partners in the project.




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