CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to begin a 12-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 2:20 pm EDT on Friday, May 14, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-132 mission is Atlantis’ final scheduled flight.
STS-132 is the third of five shuttle missions planned for 2010. Two flights remain until the retirement of the shuttle fleet. The STS-133 and STS-134 launches are targeted for September and November, respectively.

STS-132 will be Atlantis’ 32nd mission and the 34th shuttle flight dedicated to station assembly and maintenance.

Shuttle on the pad

For more information about the STS-132 mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle (http://www NULL.nasa NULL.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index NULL.html)

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