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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility at Port Canaveral in Florida, members of the STS-132 crew receive instruction on the design and operation of the docking mechanism for the Mini-Research Module during their crew equipment interface test, or CEIT. Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman, right, asks a question of his instructor as Commander Ken Ham, left, and Mission Specialist Michael Good look on. CEIT provides the crew with hands-on training and observation of shuttle and flight hardware. The six-member crew of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-built Mini-Research Module to the International Space Station. The second in a series of new pressurized components for Russia, the module will be permanently attached to the bottom port of the Zarya module and also will carry U.S. pressurized cargo. STS-132 is the 34th mission to the station and the 132nd space shuttle mission in the program. Launch is targeted for May 14. For information on the STS-132 mission, visit http:__www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_shuttle_shuttlemissions_sts132_index.html. Photo credit: NASA_Troy Cryder