KSC-2010-3405
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis and its six STS-132 astronauts lift off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. Atlantis' primary payload for the STS-132 mission is the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, which will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft aboard 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_Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell
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May 14, 2010
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