Stock Photo - 02/06/2001 ___ At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, an Airbus “Beluga” air cargo plane opens to reveal its cargo, the Italian Space Agency’s Multi_Purpose Logistics Module Donatello, from the factory of Alenia Aerospazio in Turin, Italy. The third of three for the International Space Station, the module will be transported to the Space Station Processing Facility for processing. Among the activities for the payload test team are integrated electrical tests with other Station elements in the SSPF, leak tests, electrical and software compatibility tests with the Space Shuttle using the Cargo Integrated Test equipment and an Interface Verification Test once the module is installed in the Space Shuttle’s payload bay at the launch pad. The most significant mechanical task to be performed on Donatello in the SSPF is the installation and outfitting of the racks for carrying the various experiments and cargo

Stock Photo: 02/06/2001 --- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, an Airbus “Beluga” air cargo plane opens to reveal its cargo, the Italian Space Agency’s Multi-Purpose.

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