The shuttle brings up a Russian laboratory, spare parts and the astronauts will also perform three spacewalks
Mission STS-132 is on its way to the International Space Station with a crew of retired astronauts. The shuttle Atlantis, which is its last mission, was launched at 21:20 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a smooth launch and no delays.
Within about two minutes the solid fuel boosters were disconnected and they later fell into the Atlantic Ocean. The shuttle's three engines later consumed the fuel in the external fuel tank, and so the shuttle climbed for about eight and a half minutes until it reached the runway.
The shuttle is carrying a Russian space laboratory that will be attached to the space station as well as spare parts and a robotic arm of the European Space Agency.
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Father, I understood that next Tuesday there should be a bright and beautiful passage of the space station in the sky of Israel:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3889508,00.html
(It comes out on Shavuot Eve)
Can you tell how many astronauts will be on the space station that day?
How many men and how many women?
Thanks.