Astromag on Space Station

Astromag is second generation space-borne cosmic ray experiment to follow on our balloon-borne and the HEAO satellite superconducting magnet instruments. (I do not have a page yet for the HEAO satellite work.)

More material to come

Some interesting photographs:

Astromag on Space Station a sketch made by George Smoot for Astromag project tee-shirts. Though we have sold out of COBE t-shirts we still have available essentially all sizes (children's through xx-large) of these all-cotton t-shirts.
Note the scale through the shuttle and astronaut on EVA. Astromag was placed on an outrigger to minimize any residual magnetic field and to provide a clear field of view.

Astromag Assembled on Space Station artists rendition.

Exploded View of Astromag Assembly on Space Station This artist's sketch shows Astromag separated from its two experiments that fasten to each end. Astromag was designed to have useful magnetic field at either end so that two experiments could pursue independent objectives simultaneously. The experiments can be attached and removed for upgrades, repairs, or replacement with new experiments.

A comparison of Astromag to other cosmic ray experiments.

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