May 14, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

RELEASE: 09-105

NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR STS-132 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-132, targeted for launch in April 2010 This flight will deliver the Russian-built Mini Research Module (MRM1) to the International Space Station

Navy Capt Ken Ham will command the shuttle Atlantis for this 11-day mission Navy Cmdr Tony Antonelli will serve as the pilot Mission specialists are Navy Capt Steve Bowen, Karen Nyberg, Garrett Reisman, and Piers Sellers

Ham was born in Plainfield, N J He received a bachelor's degree from the U S Naval Academy and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School He served as the pilot on the STS-124 mission, which launched on May 31, 2008

Antonelli was born in Detroit and grew up in Indiana and North Carolina He holds a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the University of Washington He served as the pilot on STS-119, which flew to the space station in March

STS-132 will be the second mission for Bowen, who served as a mission specialist on STS-126 in November 2008 He was born in Cohasset, Mass , and has a bachelor's degree from the U S Naval Academy and a degree of ocean engineering from MIT

STS-132 also will be the second spaceflight for Nyberg, who served as a mission specialist on STS-124 She considers Vining, Minn , to be her hometown She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota, and a master's and a doctorate degree from the University of Texas

This will be Reisman's second spaceflight Reisman served as a flight engineer on the space station for portions of Expeditions 16 and 17, spending more than three months in space He was born in Morristown, N J , and considers Parsippany, N J , his hometown He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's and doctorate degree from the California Institute of Technology

Sellers will be embarking on his third spaceflight, having served as a mission specialist on STS-112 in 2002 and STS-121 in 2006 He was born in Crowborough, Sussex, United Kingdom He has a bachelor's degree from University of Edinburgh and a doctorate from Leeds University

Video of the STS-132 crew members will air on NASA Television's Video File at 10 p m EDT For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For complete astronaut biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios

For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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