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The STS-100 mission saw the first ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station, Italian Umberto Guidoni. The rest of the crew 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 a Multi Purpose Logistic Module (MPLM) which carried supplies to the station.
This video comprises of NASA edited highlights of the mission with mixed track and English commentary by the crew.
NB - This tape has no burned in timecode therefore no shotlist is available.
Tape contains footage of astronauts in orange space suits, lift off of shuttle, docking to ISS, out of Shuttle - Spacewalk, into the station, another EVA, Canadarm - Canadian Robotic Arm, Closing, leaving the station, shuttle landing.