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Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 14, 2010 - Space shuttle Atlantis' twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines 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)