1. PAMALA John Lamprecht Waterloo High School

2. PAMALA Project The PAMELA experiment represents one of the most important steps of an extensive research program dedicated to the study of the nuclear and isotopic components of cosmic rays, and to antimatter detection in space.The PAMELA experiment represents one of the most important steps of an extensive research program dedicated to the study of the nuclear and isotopic components of cosmic rays, and to antimatter detection in space. The whole program is carried out by the WiZard collaboration together with Russian partners, and makes use of balloon- borne, satellite and Space Station missions.The whole program is carried out by the WiZard collaboration together with Russian partners, and makes use of balloon- borne, satellite and Space Station missions. PAMELA is a part of the Russian-Italian Mission (RIM) research program. The first step (RIM-0.1 and RIM-0.2) were the SilEye 1- 2 experiments, performed on board of the Russian MIR station. The SilEye main detectors consisted of silicon sensors able to study the radiation environment inside the MIR and the nature of particles producing the "light flashes" seen by astronauts in darkness conditions.PAMELA is a part of the Russian-Italian Mission (RIM) research program. The first step (RIM-0.1 and RIM-0.2) were the SilEye 1- 2 experiments, performed on board of the Russian MIR station. The SilEye main detectors consisted of silicon sensors able to study the radiation environment inside the MIR and the nature of particles producing the "light flashes" seen by astronauts in darkness conditions.

3. PAMALA & NINA Pictures This is a PAMALA balloon.This is a PAMALA balloon. This is a NINA Telescope

4. NINA INVOLVEMENT The RIM-1 mission is currently studying SEP particles and low energy, solar and galactic cosmic rays. The mission is organized in two steps: the first experiment NINA, making use of a 32 silicon detector planes telescope, has flown as a "piggy back" of the Resurs 01 n.4 Russian satellite in the years 1998- 1999, and the second experiment, NINA-2 similar to NINA, that has been put in orbit in July 2000 on board of the Italian satellite MITA. The RIM-2 mission is PAMELA.The RIM-1 mission is currently studying SEP particles and low energy, solar and galactic cosmic rays. The mission is organized in two steps: the first experiment NINA, making use of a 32 silicon detector planes telescope, has flown as a "piggy back" of the Resurs 01 n.4 Russian satellite in the years 1998- 1999, and the second experiment, NINA-2 similar to NINA, that has been put in orbit in July 2000 on board of the Italian satellite MITA. The RIM-2 mission is PAMELA. PAMELA is a part of the Russian-Italian Mission (RIM) research program. The first step (RIM-0.1 and RIM-0.2) were the SilEye 1-2 experiments, performed on board of the Russian MIR station. The SilEye main detectors consisted of silicon sensors able to study the radiation environment inside the MIR and the nature of particles producing the "light flashes" seen by astronauts in darkness conditions.PAMELA is a part of the Russian-Italian Mission (RIM) research program. The first step (RIM-0.1 and RIM-0.2) were the SilEye 1-2 experiments, performed on board of the Russian MIR station. The SilEye main detectors consisted of silicon sensors able to study the radiation environment inside the MIR and the nature of particles producing the "light flashes" seen by astronauts in darkness conditions.

5. PAMALA COLLABORATION Institutions ITALY Sezione INFN and Physics Department of Barrie University Sezione INFN and Physics Department of Florence University Sezione INFN Roma II and Physics Department of Roma "Tor Vergata" University Sezione INFN and Physics Department of Trieste University Sezione INFN and Physics Department of Naples University INFN National Laboratories of Frascati IROE - CNR Florence USA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Particle Astrophysics Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces RUSSIA Cosmic Rays Laboratory, Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute, Moscow Laboratory of Solar and Cosmic Ray Physics, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Academy of Sciences of Russia Ioffe Institute, St Peterburger GERMANY Physics Department of Siegen University SWEDEN Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm INDIA Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay RESPONSABILITIES Principal Investigator: Piergiorgio Picozza Co-Principal Investigator: Arkady GalperPiergiorgio Picozza Arkady Galper Scientific Coordinator: Piero Spillantini Piero Spillantini Technical Coordinator: Guido Castellini Project Manager: Massimiliano Porciani Guido Castellini Massimiliano Porciani Program Committee: Per Carlson (Sweden), Arkady Galper (Russia), John W. Mitchell (USA), Manfred Simon (Germany), Piergiorgio Picozza (Italy) Per Carlson (Sweden)John W. Mitchell (USA)Manfred Simon (Germany) Scientific Committee: Arkady Galper (Chairman, Russia); Giancarlo Barbarino (Italy), Eduard Bogomolov (Russia), Per Carlson (Sweden), Carlo De Marzo (Italy), Maria Pia De Pascale (Italy), Marco Ricci (Italy), Manfred Simon (Germany), Piergiorgio Picozza (Italy), Piero Spillantini (Italy), Alfred Stephens (India), Steve Stochaj (USA), Yuri Stozhkov (Russia), Robert Streitmatter (USA), Andrea Vacchi (Italy) Giancarlo Barbarino (Italy) Carlo De Marzo (Italy) Maria Pia De Pascale (Italy)Marco Ricci (Italy) Alfred Stephens (India) Steve Stochaj (USA) Yuri Stozhkov (Russia) Robert Streitmatter (USA) Andrea Vacchi (Italy) RESPONSIBLES FOR SUBSYSTEM TOF: G.Barbarino (Naples), J. W. Mitchell (GSFC) TRIGGER: Manfred Simon (Germany) TRD: Paolo Spinelli (Bari) Paolo Spinelli (Bari) MAGNET: Paolo Papini (Florence) Paolo Papini (Florence) TRACKER: Oscar Adriani (Florence) Oscar Adriani (Florence) CALORIMETER: Valter Bonvicini (Trieste) Valter Bonvicini (Trieste) BOTTOM SCINTILLATOR: Sergej Voronov (Mephi) Sergej Voronov (Mephi) NEUTRON COUNTER: Yuri Stozhkov (Lebedev) ANTICOINCIDENCE: Mark Pearce (Sweden) Mark Pearce (Sweden) ON BOARD SCU: Gianluca Furano (Rome) Gianluca Furano (Rome) EGSE: Sergej Voronov (Mephi) MGSE: Marco Ricci (Frascati) SYSTEM: Guido Castellini (Florence) SIMULATIONS: Francesco Cafagna (Bari) Francesco Cafagna (Bari) RESURS SATELLITE: Boris Abramov (Samara)

6. CONCLUSION I have shown you what the project was about. Pictures. NINA`s involvement. Collaboration.