History
The first MELFI unit, FU-1, was flown to the station in 2006 on Space Shuttle mission STS-121, installed in the Destiny Laboratory Module, and commissioned by Thomas Reiter.
The MELFI flight units were originally designed to be flown fully powered in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, permitting pre-made experiments to be flown to the station without contaminating or destroying any samples.
The plan was to cycle the three MELFI units between orbit and Earth.
The final MELFI unit was flown to the ISS on board Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission in 2010.
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