International Contributions For IIS

The international partners, Canada, Japan, the European Space Agency, and Russia, will contribute the following key elements to the International Space Station:

• Canada is providing a 55-foot-long robotic arm to be used for assembly and maintenance tasks on the Space Station.
• The European Space Agency is building a pressurized laboratory to be launched on the Space Shuttle and logistics transport vehicles to be launched on the Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
• Japan is building a laboratory with an attached exposed exterior platform for experiments as well as logistics transport vehicles.
• Russia is providing two research modules; an early living quarters called the Service Module with its own life support and habitation systems; a science power platform of solar arrays that can supply about 20 kilowatts of electrical power; logistics transport vehicles; and Soyuz spacecraft for crew return and transfer.
• In addition, Brazil and Italy are contributing some equipment to the station through agreements with the United States.

Source : ShuttlePressKit