KSC-2010-3423
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Flames and an exhaust plume under space shuttle Atlantis signals 'engine start' at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis' STS-132 mission to the International Space Station launched on time at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14, after a relatively smooth countdown. 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 courtesy of Scott Andrews
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