CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Roscosmos delegation members tour the Vehicle Assembly Building and view two solid rocket boosters being assembled at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where space shuttle Atlantis was prepared for its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. Delegation members included Deputy Director Vitaly Davydov and Chief of Piloted Programs Directorate Alexey Krasnov. The delegation watched Atlantis lift off from Launch Pad 39A on May 14, carrying with it the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 called Rassvet, meaning 'dawn' in Russian.

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