CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles the Space Coast as it begins to clear the tower at its pristine launch complex, which is home to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Liftoff from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A occurred right on time at 2:20 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 Atl
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles the Space Coast as it begins to clear the tower at its pristine launch complex, which is home to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Liftoff from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A occurred right on time at 2:20 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 pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132 Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell STS132 Atlantis launch2
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