NASA Shuttle Discovery: Leonardo Logistic Module

Leonardo

Against the backdrop of the Earth's thin blue horizon and the blackness of space, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Discovery's payload bay.

Also visible in this image shot from an aft flight deck window are; the shuttle Discovery's vertical stabiliser, orbital maneuvering system pods, Orbiter Boom Sensor System and docking mechanism.

For the STS-128 mission, Leonardo carried 7.5 tons of supplies to the station, including two research racks (the Fluid Integrated Rack and the Materials Science Research Rack), a new station crew quarters, the Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI-2), the Air Revitalization System Rack and the COLBERT treadmill.

Image Credit: NASA