Detail View: NASA Kennedy Center Media Archive Collection: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo from the payload canister. The MPLM will be placed in the Cargo Element Work Stand that Raffaello recently vacated. The payload canister was a temporary location during the switch. Three MPLMs were built by the Italian Space Agency - Donatello, Leonardo and Raffaello - to serve as a reusable logistics carrier and primary delivery system to resupply and return cargo requiring a pressurized environment to the International Space Station.

Description: 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo from the payload canister. The MPLM will be placed in the Cargo Element Work Stand that Raffaello recently vacated. The payload canister was a temporary location during the switch. Three MPLMs were built by the Italian Space Agency - Donatello, Leonardo and Raffaello - to serve as a reusable logistics carrier and primary delivery system to resupply and return cargo requiring a pressurized environment to the International Space Station.
Release Date: 
11/11/2004
Photo Credit: 
NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Release: 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
facet_what: 
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where: 
Florida
facet_when: 
11-11-2004
facet_when_year: 
2004
Photo Number: 
KSC-04PD-2307
UID: 
SPD-KSCMA-KSC-04PD-2307
original url: 
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=24236