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Go to topicA 19:59 minute NASA video showing edited highlights of the STS-100 mission to the ISS in 2001, with commentary by the crew. ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni was a crew member, the first time an ESA astronaut visited the ISS. The rest of the crew was comprised of Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and mission specialists Chris A. Hadfield, John L. Philips, Scott E. Parazynski, Yuri V. Lonchakov. On board the Space Shuttle Endeavour was the Canadian Robotic arm which was installed to the ISS during the mission and the Italian Multi Purpose Logistic Module (MPLM) which carried supplies to the station.