Leonardo: Frequently Visited ISS Soon to Be Home

The new Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) Leonardo should know its way around the International Space Station by now. This flight marks its eighth and final visit to the orbiting laboratory, its new home.

Leonardo was one of three Multipurpose Logistics Modules built by the Italian Space Agency under contract. It was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in 1998.

Its first spaceflight was on Discovery?s STS-102 mission launched March 8, 2001. Leonardo brought six systems racks to the sta [...]

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