STS-132 Mission Patch Released

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NASA has released the patch artwork for shuttle mission STS-132. The flight is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 14, 2010 and is currently scheduled to be the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. This flight is also scheduled to be the third-to-last shuttle flight of all time should no program extension be announced.

Crew:

Ken Ham - Commander

Tony Antonelli - Pilot

Stephen Bowen - Mission Specialist 1

Michael Good - Mission Specialist 2

Piers Sellers - Mission Specialist 3

Garrett Reisman - Mission Specialist 4

Patch Description

The STS-132 mission will be the 32nd flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The primary STS-132 mission objective is to deliver the Russian-made MRM-1 (Mini Research Module) to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis will also deliver a new communications antenna and a new set of batteries for one of the ISS solar arrays.

The STS-132 mission patch features Atlantis flying off into the sunset as the end of the Space Shuttle Program approaches. However the sun is also heralding the promise of a new day as it rises for the first time on a new ISS module, the MRM-1, which is also named Рассвет, the Russian word for dawn.