ISS robotic arm. Astronaut Scott Parazynski with the 17.5-metre-long robotic arm (Canadarm2) of the International Space Station (ISS). He is attaching cables to the ISS Destiny laboratory module (lower right), on which Canadarm2 is mounted. Canadarm2, also called the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS), will be used to manipulate cargos and new ISS modules. The Space Shuttle Endeavour flew this mission (STS-100 , 19 April-1 May 2001). The ISS is a joint effort between NASA, the European Space Agency, the Russian space agency, Canada, Japan and Brazil. It orbits at an altitude of 350 kilometres, has been manned since late 2000 and is scheduled for completion in 2004.