CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach celebrates in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the successful launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was on time at 2 20 EDT. STS-132 is the 132nd shuttle flight, the 32nd for Atlantis and the 34th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance.

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