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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the SPACEHAB and Hitchhiker payloads already installed, Endeavour's payload bay is ready for installation of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo for mission STS-111. The mission, known as Utilization Flight 2, is carrying supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. The payload includes the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, the Mobile Base System, which will be installed on the Mobile Transporter to complete the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, and a replacement wrist/roll joint for Canadarm 2. Also part of the mission, Expedition 5 will travel to the Station as the replacement crew for Expedition 4, who will return to Earth aboard the orbiter. Launch is scheduled for May 30, 2002