page_title: Leonardo (ISS module)
section_title: As an MPLM
hierarchical_section_title: Leonardo (ISS module) / As an MPLM
caption_attribution_description: The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module rests in Discovery's payload bay in this view taken from the International Space Station by a crew member using a digital still camera. To the left of the MPLM you can see a glimpse of External Stowage Platform-1.
context_page_description: The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module is a module of the International Space Station. It was flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle on STS-133 on 24 February 2011 and installed on 1 March. Leonardo is primarily used for storage of spares, supplies and waste on the ISS, which was until then stored in many different places within the space station. The Leonardo PMM was a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module before 2011, but was modified into its current configuration. It was formerly one of two MPLM used for bringing cargo to and from the ISS with the Space Shuttle. The module was named for Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
context_section_description: The Leonardo MPLM, also known as MPLM-1, was one of three Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules which were operated by NASA to transfer supplies and equipment to and from the International Space Station. Leonardo was used for eight of the twelve MPLM flights to the space station, with Raffaello being used for the other four. It was the first MPLM to be launched, making its first flight in March 2001, aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-102. Following its last flight as an MPLM, on STS-131 in April 2010, it underwent conversion to become the Permanent Multipurpose Module, and was launched aboard Discovery on STS-133 to become a permanent component of the station.
  Like the other Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, it was constructed by the Italian Space Agency, who chose to name it after Leonardo da Vinci. Construction began in April 1996, and the module was delivered to NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in August 1998 by an Airbus Beluga aircraft.
caption: 10 March 2001 – The Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module rests in  Discovery's payload bay in this view taken from the ISS by a crew member using a digital still camera during STS-102.
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