Twilight for Shuttle Orbiters
Credit: William G. hartenstein
Even as NASA launched Endeavour (left) on its final flight into space, crews were preparing Atlantis (right) for the last flight of the space shuttle era. Tucked into Endeavour's payload bay during the May 16 ascent was the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS). Scientists hope the 15,000-lb...
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