Less than two weeks remain until space shuttle Atlantis’ liftoff on its STS-132 mission, targeted for May 14 at 2:20 p.m. EDT. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians will attach the orbital midbody unit to Atlantis. Additionally, the spacewalk suits to be worn by Atlantis’ astronauts during the mission will be checked out before they’re stowed for flight.
The six STS-132 astronauts are at their home base, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. They’ll go through medical exams and a final prelaunch crew news conference with reporters today.
NASA managers will hold a news conference Wednesday, May 5, at Kennedy after the Flight Readiness Review meeting to discuss space shuttle Atlantis’ upcoming mission.