Editing Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (section)

{{Short description|Large pressurized container for cargo resupply of the International Space Station}}
[[File:Mplm in shuttle.jpg|thumb|The [[Leonardo MPLM|''Leonardo'']] Multi-Purpose Logistics Module rests in {{OV|103|full=no}}{{'}}s payload bay in this view taken from the [[International Space Station|ISS]] by a crew member using a digital still camera during [[STS-102]].]]
[[File:STS-114 Raffaello module.jpg|thumb|The [[Raffaello MPLM|''Raffaello'']] Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, when [[Docking and berthing of spacecraft#Berthing spacecraft and modules|berthed]] to the ISS during [[STS-114]]]]

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 (ISS module)|Unity]]'' and later the ''[[Harmony (ISS module)|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 (ISS module)|Leonardo]]'', [[Raffaello MPLM|''Raffaello'']], and ''Donatello''.<ref name="nasamplm">{{cite web|publisher=[[NASA]]|year=2007|title=Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mplm.html}}</ref>

The ''Leonardo'' module was modified in 2010 to turn it into the [[Leonardo (ISS module)|Permanent Multipurpose Module]] (PMM) and was permanently attached to the ISS during the [[STS-133]] mission in March 2011.  In July 2011, the ''Raffaello'' module was the primary payload on the final Space Shuttle mission. It returned with the Shuttle and was stored at the Kennedy Space Center. The ''Donatello'' module never launched. MPLMs were flown on [[#Completed missions|12]] of the [[List of human spaceflights to the International Space Station|37]] Space Shuttle missions to the ISS.

The basic design of the MPLM was later used as the basis for two cargo spacecraft, the European [[Automated Transfer Vehicle]] and the American [[Cygnus (spacecraft)|Cygnus]].