Canadarm2's Latching End Effector (LEE) - Infographic

Canadarm2's Latching End Effector (LEE). (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)

• Assembled the ISS
• Works independently or with Dextre, the Canadian robotic repairman, to maintain the ISS
• Is used to relocate Dextre, science experiments, spare parts and even astronauts
• Performs "cosmic catches": capturing and docking of unpiloted cargo ships
• Is operated from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency or the ISS
• 400 km above Earth
• 1,497 kg
• Length: 17 m

Canadarm2 has two "hands" known as Latching End Effectors (LEEs)

• Cosmic catches to date: 25
• 196 kg