International Space Station

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AMS’s second new life

After more than a decade in space, the AMS detector on the ISS is due for another upgrade. With its augmented potential for discovery, it will be able to investigate dark-matter-like signatures from cosmic rays

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Experiments
02 April, 2024
Experiments
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02 April, 2024

CERN-tested optical fibres now in space

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has activated Lumina, an optical fibre-based dosimetry experiment on board the International Space Station

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Knowledge sharing
20 August, 2021
Knowledge sharing
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20 August, 2021

Watch live the new spacewalk for AMS

The third spacewalk will see astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan install the new cooling pump system for the AMS detector tracker

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Experiments
02 December, 2019
Experiments
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02 December, 2019

Spacewalk for AMS: Watch live with CERN and ESA

Watch the first of several spacewalks for AMS live on Friday 15 November from 12.50 p.m. CET

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Experiments
14 November, 2019
Experiments
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14 November, 2019

First cosmic-ray results from CALET telescope on ISS

Having docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 August 2015, CALET is carrying out a full science programme

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Experiments
28 November, 2017
Experiments
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28 November, 2017

ESA astronauts visit CERN

An out-of-this world visit took place at CERN on 12 May

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Experiments
23 May, 2017
Experiments
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23 May, 2017

200th spacewalk upgrades Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

The 200th ISS spacewalk included a new installation on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)

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Experiments
19 May, 2017

LIVE: ESA astronauts answer questions on physics in space

On Friday 12 May at 4:30pm CEST, we will be live on Facebook, from the CERN Data Centre, with three European astronauts answering your questions

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Experiments
12 May, 2017

Tim Peake’s TimPix launch into space

Astronaut Tim Peake is on the International Space Station with a Timepix chip from the CERN@School project

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Knowledge sharing
17 December, 2015
Knowledge sharing
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17 December, 2015

CALET docks on the International Space Station

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope reached the ISS on 24 August. It will perform long-exposure observations of high-energy cosmic radiation

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Experiments
27 August, 2015

CALET: A stopover at CERN before flying to space

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope is preparing for installation in the flight module that will bring it to its final destination on the ISS

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Experiments
18 March, 2015

From CERN to space - and back

Astronaut Ernst Messerschmid's experience at CERN was an important factor in the process that led to his becoming one of the first Germans in space

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At CERN
19 June, 2013
At CERN
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19 June, 2013