STS-132
STS-132 (ISS assembly flight ULF4) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on May 16, 2010. STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on May 14, 2010. The primary payload was the Russian Rassvet Mini-Research Module, along with an Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD). Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center on May 26, 2010.
Oblique view of Atlantis docked with the ISS, with Rassvet visible in its payload bay | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-132 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS assembly |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 2010-019A |
| SATCAT no. | 36572 |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 18 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 7,853,563 kilometres (4,879,978 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 186 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| Launch mass | 2,050,133 kilograms (4,519,769 lb) (total) 119,300 kilograms (263,100 lb) (orbiter) |
| Landing mass | 95,024 kilograms (209,491 lb) |
| Payload mass | 12,072 kilograms (26,615 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | May 14, 2010, 18:20 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 26, 2010, 12:49:18 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 335 kilometres (208 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 359 kilometres (223 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 91 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | PMA-2 (Harmony forward) |
| Docking date | May 16, 2010, 14:28 UTC |
| Undocking date | May 23, 2010, 15:22 UTC |
| Time docked | 7 days, 1 hour, 1 minute |
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Sitting: Ken Ham (center), Garrett Reisman (left), Stephen Bowen (Right), Standing: Michael Good, Tony Antonelli, Piers Sellers | |
STS-132 was initially scheduled to be the final flight of Atlantis, provided that the STS-335/STS-135 Launch On Need rescue mission would not be needed. However, in February 2011, NASA declared that the final mission of Atlantis and of the Space Shuttle program, STS-135, would be flown regardless of the funding situation.