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Leonardo

The Leonardo Permanent Multipurpose Module newly attached to the International Space Station, 2011.

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Leonardo, also called the Permanent Multipurpose Module or PMM, is a storage and hygiene module on the International Space Station. Discovery carried it to orbit on STS-133 on 24 February 2011, and astronauts installed it on 1 March. Before that it was one of two Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, the pressurised cargo containers that Space Shuttles used to carry supplies to the station and back, and the Italian Space Agency built it. Now it stores spares, supplies and waste that used to be spread through the station, and it serves as the personal hygiene area for crew in the US Orbital Segment.

Launched
24 February 2011

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

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  1. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    Classic Aerospace History

  2. How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

    Real Engineering
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How the ISS Was Assembled: Modules, Gyros, Canadarm2 and Cooling

Real Engineering

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  1. ISS History: Assembly, Crises and the Plan to Deorbit by 2030

    DocumentaryClassic Aerospace History · 1:13:57

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