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Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew blazed 
into a bright Florida afternoon sky on May 14, 2010 --  leaving

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Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to begin a 12-day mission to the 
International Space Station.

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Carrying a six-member STS-132 crew led by Commander Ken Ham, this was the 32nd

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and final planned mission for Atlantis in its 25-year career.

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Tucked in the shuttle's payload bay was the Russian Mini Research Module-1, called Rassvet.

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The module is the first  Russian component ever to be carried by a space shuttle to the International Space Station.

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After the in-flight inspection, Atlantis and crew caught up to the orbiting laboratory and joined

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the station's onboard crew of six as the docked portion of the mission began.

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During their time at the station, members of the shuttle's crew conducted three spacewalks.

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On their first venture outside the station, STS-132 Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and

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Steve Bowen attached an additional space-to-ground antenna and completed other tasks on the exterior of the station.

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During the almost seven-and-a-half-hour spacewalk, they were assisted from inside the station by shuttle astronaut

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Piers Sellers and station Flight Engineer Tracy Caldwell Dyson who operated the station's robotic arm.

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Ham and STS-132 Pilot Tony Antonelli used the shuttle's arm to remove the Russian research module from Atlantis' payload bay.

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Then the module was handed off to the station's arm -- operated by Reisman and Sellers --

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who moved it into its attached position on the Zarya service module.

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The new module will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.

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On the second spacewalk, Bowen teamed with fellow shuttle Mission Specialist Michael Good to change out

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four batteries on the P6 truss, each weighing about 375 pounds on Earth.

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During their seven-hour trip outside they also finished the last tasks on the antenna installation,

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and Bowen fixed a snagged camera cable on the shuttle's sensor boom.

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Good paired with Reisman for the flight's 
third and final spacewalk,

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during which they replaced two additional batteries on the P6 truss,

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which is part of the station's structural backbone, and completed other tasks.

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Once the mission's work was successfully completed, and equipment and supplies transferred,

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the visiting crew said goodbye and Atlantis undocked from the station.

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Standard inspections of the shuttle revealed no issues and mission control in Houston gave the

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Atlantis astronauts the word that they were cleared for landing.

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As with launch, Florida's weather cooperated as Atlantis glided home,

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touching down at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility the morning of May 26, 2010.

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The  landing brought an end to a nearly perfect mission and completed Atlantis' last planned flight on a high note.

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"Atlantis is an incredible ship. She was absolutely perfect through this entire mission.

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Probably our main objective besides getting the mission done was to bring her back in great shape and in one piece.

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Were happy to be home and were going to go enjoy some time with our families. Thanks."

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