Building the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: 16 Years in 3 Minutes

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on board the International Space Station released its first results today (

read about them here

) after having been in space since 2011. But this particle physics experiment was years in the making. In just 3 minutes, you can watch 16 years of building, preparing, launching and activating this detector.

Below, watch another video from NASA that provides an overview of the AMS: