The International Space Station is photographed soon after the space shuttle Atlantis and the station began their post-undocking relative separation.
S129-E-009326 (25 Nov. 2009) — This is one of a series of images featuring the International Space Station photographed soon after the space shuttle Atlantis and the station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, 2009. Some scenes in the series show parts of the Mediterranean Sea and Africa and Spain in the background.