Multi-mission Modular Spacecraft, also known as the MMS, was originally designed by NASA to serve the largest array of functions for the space program possible to decrease the cost of space missions.[1] It was designed to operate in four distinct areas of missions.[1] The MMS began development about a decade before it became implemented in the 1980s and 1990s.[2] The basic MMS was made up of three different modules.[2] They include the altitude control, communications and data handling, and the power subsystems.[2] The idea of a modular system serving many purposes was the pioneer of the leading systems within the space technology ecosystem today as it has left a lasting legacy.[2] The MMS was intended to be "Shuttle compatible", i.e. recoverable/serviceable by the Space Shuttle orbiter.[3]
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