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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility are able to enter the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo to begin removing the contents. The MPLM has just returned from its maiden voyage to the International Space Station aboard Discovery on mission STS-102. It has brought back to KSC nearly a ton of trash and excess equipment from the Space Station. Leonardo is one of three MPLMs built by the Italian Space Agency to serve as “cargo vans” to the Station, carrying supplies and equipment. In the SSPF, Leonardo will be prepared for a future mission