STS-100
Canadarm2 and a New Era of Space Station Robotics
STS-100 delivered Canadarm2, the station's large mobile robotic arm, and demonstrated the complex robotic handoffs needed to assemble and maintain the ISS.
Mission type
Crewed Space Shuttle assembly mission
Launch
April 19, 2001
Mission end / docking
May 1, 2001
Launch vehicle / spacecraft
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Objective
What this ISS mission set out to accomplish
Deliver and activate the station's advanced robotic arm so future crews could move large station elements, support assembly, handle payloads, and assist visiting spacecraft.
This record treats STS-100 as an assembly or station-support mission rather than as a satellite engineering page, keeping the mission objective separate from the hardware-level ISS engineering record.
Flight and rendezvous
How the mission reached and worked at the station
STS-100 launched on April 19, 2001 using Space Shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39A.
Canadarm2 was launched on a support pallet and connected outside Destiny. The mission demonstrated robotic-to-robotic transfer and the arm's ability to move between powered grapple fixtures on the station.
Hardware and assembly
What was delivered, installed, or reconfigured
Primary hardware or assembly focus: Canadarm2 / Space Station Remote Manipulator System.
Installation record: Canadarm2 installed and activated during STS-100. This is the engineering connection between the mission story and the interactive International Space Station breakdown.
Outcome
What changed on the International Space Station
Canadarm2 became one of the most important assembly and operations tools on the ISS, supporting construction, maintenance, cargo handling, and visiting-vehicle capture.
The documented result makes STS-100 part of the larger ISS assembly chain, where individual missions progressively added structure, power, laboratories, robotics, thermal control, logistics, and crew-support systems.
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See the station modules, truss systems, solar arrays, robotics, and launch/install history in the interactive engineering experience.
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