Environmental control and life support for the multi-purpose logistics module

ESA has provided the Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) Subsystem for Italy's Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) contribution to the International Space Station (ISS). In exchange, the Italian Space Agency is providing a derivative of the MPLM primary structure for ESA's Columbus ISS laboratory module. Considerable savings have been achieved by the development and qualification of common hardware - more than 25 million Euros for each project. MPLM's ECLS Subsystem is described here, with emphasis on its similarity to the version used by Columbus. (Author)