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Come on you Astros!
For their mission poster, the STS-132 astronauts chose to make an allusion to the Houston baseball team. A team which since 1965 has gone by the name of Astros in reference to NASA’s Johnson Space Center which is based in the same Texan town. STS-132 mission is to begin today with the blast-off of the space shuttle Atlantis which will be shown live on EnjoySpaceTV with a French commentary as of 19:50 French time.
Credit: NASA

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