#multi purpose logistics module

Space shuttle Discovery imaged on approach to the International Space Station during STS-131 by a member of the Expedition 23 crew, 7 April 2010. Note the Soyuz in the foreground and Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo in the shuttle cargo bay.

STS-131 was notable for several reasons, such as being the last shuttle flight to carry rookie astronauts, the last shuttle flight to carry seven crew members, the first time multiple Japanese astronauts were on orbit, and the last shuttle flight to carry three female astronauts.

This was the longest and penultimate flight of space shuttle Discovery.

Space shuttle Atlantis and Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello seen from the International Space Station’s cupola module during STS-135.

The MPLMs were constructed by the Italian Space Agency in the late 1990s. Donatello never flew, while Leonardo remains on the ISS as the Permanent Multipurpose Module.