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By Greg Pallone, Brevard County Reporter
Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:42 AM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER --It's fitting shuttle Endeavour's final mission is once again to the International Space Station, as its cargo includes a tool to find potential origins of the universe.
By Greg Pallone, Brevard County Reporter Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:42 AM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER --It's fitting shuttle Endeavour's final mission is once again to the International Space Station, as its cargo includes a tool to find potential origins of the universe.
The project is truly an international effort, and the largest scientific instrument ever to be installed on the orbiting outpost.
It's called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, and it's already stowed inside Endeavour's cargo bay, awaiting its chance to begin the search for dark matter and antimatter far away in the universe. Dark matter is unseen, unlike the stars, and makes up 90 percent of the universe we know so far...Read Here
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