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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo is lifted from the payload canister in the Space Station Processing Facility. 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.