Second ISS Spacewalk Advances Cosmic Ray Observatory Upgrade

HOUSTON—Two spacewalking astronauts teamed for the second of four planned spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 22 to advance an upgrade of the thermal control system on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). The more than $2 billion, 8 1/2-year-old cosmic ray observatory...

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