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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and NASA Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talk about the successful launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. STS-132 is the 132nd shuttle flight, the 32nd for Atlantis and the 34th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance. For more information on the STS-132 mission objectives, payload and crew, visit www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_shuttle_shuttlemissions_sts132_index.html. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett