The primary difference between the terrestrial-based instruments and AMS is that AMS' science instrument systems were miniaturized and ruggedized for launch on the space shuttle and operation on the space station.
Mr. SHANNON: I told the team, before we left the scrub turnaround meeting, what a great gift NASA could give to the nation to return the shuttle to operation on Independence Day.
Metro-North and state officials are still planning to repeat on Tuesday the bus and shuttle-train operation they used Monday morning to help move 30, 000 displaced commuters through southwestern Connecticut.