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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the C-5M aircraft that delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, to the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-134 Mission Specialists Greg Chamitoff and Andrew Feustel take a walk around the AMS still secured in the aircraft's cargo bay. In the background is European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori. AMS, a state-of-the-art particle physics detector, is designed to operate as an external module on the International Space Station. It will use the unique environment of space to study the universe and its origin by searching for dark matter. AMS will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission targeted to launch Feb. 26, 2011. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett