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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a practice session with a Shuttle Training Aircraft is under way. STS-132 Commander Ken Ham and Pilot Tony Antonelli are practicing touch-and-go landings in preparation for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission. The Shuttle Training Aircraft is a Gulfstream II jet, modified to handle like the space shuttle. On the STS-132 mission, the six-member crew will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the International Space Station. STS-132 is the 34th mission to the station and the 132nd shuttle mission overall. Atlantis' launch is targeted for 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. For more information on the STS-132 mission objectives, payload and crew, visit www.nasa.gov_mission_pages_shuttle_shuttlemissions_sts132_index.html. Photo Credit: NASA_Cory Huston