NASA Presents: AMS - The Fight for Flight

NASA Presents: AMS - The Fight for Flight (2017)

October 17th, 20171h 3min

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Overview

NASA has produced a documentary about the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), a particle physics experiment on the International Space Station. This film tracks the AMS's journey from the drawing table to its final home in the heavens, and one man's remarkable tenacity and unbreakable will to produce great science for the benefit of all humankind.


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