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Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 14, 2010 - Space shuttle Atlantis' twin solid rocket boosters ignite to propel the spacecraft off Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A and into orbit. Atlantis' primary payload for the STS-132 mission is the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, which will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft aboard the International Space Station.. (KEYSTONE/STOCKTREK/Stocktrek Images)