Atlantis moored the space station 07/2011 - Atlantis docked to the International Space station 07/2011...

Atlantis moored the space station 07/2011 - Atlantis docked to the International Space station 07/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) seen on 12 July 2011 by astronaut Ron Garan during his release into space. Two ships are moored at the station, the shuttle Atlantis visible on the right, and a Soyuz ship on the left. At the center of the AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer) experiment for the study of cosmic rays. Mission STS-135, the last United States space shuttle mission. This picture, photographed by NASA astronaut Ron Garan during the spacewalk conducted on July 12, 2011, shows the International Space Station with space shuttle Atlantis docked at right and a Russian Soyuz docked to Pirs, below the sun at far left. In the center foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment installed during the STS - 134 mission. AMS is a state - of - the - art particle physics detector designed to use the unique environment of space to advance knowledge of the universe and lead to the understanding of the university's origin by searching for antimatter and dark matter, and measuring cosmic rays