AMS02 Project timeline

Apr 1, 1994

The Antimatter Study Group, a group of particle physicists from China, Italy, Finland, Russia, Sweden and US, lead by the Nobel laureate Samuel S.C.C. Ting from MIT/CERN, publish the concept for “An Antimatter spectrometer in space” (Nuclear Instrumen

Samuel Ting, MIT particle physicist and Nobel laureate, presents a concept to search for the origin of mass using a magnetic spectrometer on the space station: the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer proposal is born
Apr 1, 1995

NASA approves the AMS project

NASA approves the AMS project, signing a written commitment to deliver it to the International Space Station
Jul 29, 2010

STS-134 target launch date

STS-134 target launch date (7:51 a.m. EDT)

The Antimatter Study Group, a group of particle physicists from China, Italy, Finland, Russia, Sweden and US, lead by the Nobel laureate Samuel S.C.C. Ting from MIT/CERN, publish the concept for “An Antimatter spectrometer in space” (Nuclear Instrumen