Multi-Purpose Logistics Module

A Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) is a large pressurized container that was used on Space Shuttle missions to transfer cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Two MPLMs made a dozen trips in the Shuttle cargo bay and initially berthed to the Unity and later the Harmony module on the ISS. Once attached, supplies were offloaded, and finished experiments and waste were reloaded. The MPLM was then transferred back into the Shuttle’s cargo bay for return to Earth. Three modules were built by Alenia Aeronautica for the Italian Space Agency (ASI). They were named Leonardo, Raffaello, and Donatello.

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MPLM; Mini-Pressurized Logistics Module
length 6.6 metre, diameter 4.57 metre, mass 13154 kilogram, mass 4082 kilogram, 
cargo spacecraft, shipping container, Alenia Spazio, Marshall Space Flight Center, Italy, 
Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Sikh Confederacy, Tarshish, Donatello, Raffaello, cargo spacecraft, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 2001, Republic of Haiti, 

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  Donatello ⓘ
  unflown cargo supply module for the International Space Station, repurposed into a ground prototype for a deep space habitat

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  Raffaello ⓘ
  cargo supply module for the International Space Station

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	space object		Donatello	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module	Wikidata
class	space object		Raffaello	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module	Wikidata