The iconic Canadarm (formerly known as Shuttle Remote Manipulator System) being deployed by the space shuttle Endevour (STS 77) during a 1996 mission conducting Spacelab experiments. In the background is a chance solar starburst pattern. The Canadarm is a “robotic arm” that was designed and built by SPAR Aerospace in Montreal and first delivered to NASA in 1981. Canadarm2 followed this original SRMS system and continues to be used on the International Space Station (ISS). It is now built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) of Canada.