{"id":666,"date":"2010-05-08T08:23:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T12:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2010-05-11T20:44:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T00:44:18","slug":"space-shuttle-atlantis-%e2%80%93-final-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/space-shuttle-atlantis-%e2%80%93-final-mission-666","title":{"rendered":"Space Shuttle Atlantis \u2013 Final Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_667\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shuttle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667\" class=\"size-thumbnail  wp-image-667\" title=\"shuttle\" src=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shuttle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Shuttle on launch pad\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong> <\/strong><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Right now, the six astronauts that are scheduled to fly the <strong>Space Shuttle Atlantis<\/strong> are making their final training preparations.\u00a0 Atlantis is currently in place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennedyspacecenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a> on Launch pad 39A. On this mission, called \u2018STS-132\u2019, the six-member crew will be traveling to the International Space Station. There, they will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier, or ICC, and the Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1, or MRM-1.\u00a0 Three spacewalks are planned to stage spare components outside the station.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the 34th shuttle mission to the station and the last for Atlantis. The launch is scheduled for <strong>May 14<sup>th<\/sup> at 2:20pm EDT<\/strong>. The next mission, STS-134, <strong>Shuttle Endeavour<\/strong>, has a launch target date of If you have not witnessed a launch, or even if you have, it is an awesome sight to see, so be sure to check it out!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_668\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 328px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/atlantis_crew.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-667\" class=\"size-medium  wp-image-668\" title=\"atlantis_crew\" src=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/atlantis_crew-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Atlantic Crew\" width=\"318\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crew of Atlantis STS-132<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be the 34th shuttle mission to the station and the last for Atlantis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[302,271],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worth-the-drive","tag-florida-tourist-destination","tag-kennedy-space-center"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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