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A Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is a large pressurized container used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). An MPLM is carried in the cargo bay of a Shuttle and berthed to the Unity or Harmony modules on the ISS. From there, supplies are offloaded, and finished experiments and waste are reloaded. The MPLM is then reberthed in the Shuttle for return to Earth. Three modules were built, Leonardo, Raffaello and Donatello[1]
The Leonardo module will undergo modifications to turn it into the Pressurized Multipurpose Module (PMM), which remain permanently attached to the ISS following the STS-133 mission.
As of Summer 2010, there have been 34 Shuttle missions to the ISS. MPLMs have been flown 10 times, with SPACEHAB flown 9 times to ISS, and 25 shuttle missions delivering construction elements, in various combinations.
The modules were provided to NASA under contract by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Three MPLMs were built and delivered to NASA and have names chosen by the ASI to denote some of the great talents in Italian history: Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello and Donatello. Although built by ASI, the modules are owned by NASA. In exchange for building the MPLMs, ASI receives access to U.S. research time on the ISS.[2]
The MPLMs have a heritage that goes back to Spacelab. In addition, ESA's Columbus module, the Harmony and Tranquility ISS modules and the ATV and Cygnus resupply craft all trace their origins to the MPLMs.[3] The MPLM concept was originally created for Space Station Freedom. Initially, they were to be built by Boeing, but in 1992, the Italians announced that they would build a "Mini-Pressurized Logistics Module", able to carry 4,500 kilograms (4.5 t) of cargo. After the 1993 redesign of Freedom, the length was doubled and it was renamed the "Multi-Purpose Logistics Module". Each empty MPLM is approximately 21 feet (6.4 m) long, 15 feet (4.6 m) in diameter, weighs 4,400 kg, and can deliver up to eight metric tonnes of cargo to the ISS.
Donatello is a more capable module than its two siblings, as it is able to carry payloads that require continuous power from construction through to installation on the ISS. Based on the current schedule, Donatello will not fly before the retirement of the Space Shuttle.
With the early end of the Space Shuttle program in 2010, the Raffaello and Leonardo modules will have flown a combined total of eleven times.
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