File:ISS March 2009.jpg

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English: The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119.

Other languages:

Català: L'Estació Espacial Internacional vista des del transbordador Discovery durant la missió STS-119.

Čeština: Mezinárodní vesmírná stanice při pohledu z odlétajícího raketoplánu Discovery na misi STS-119

Dansk: Den Internationale Rumstation set fra rumfærgen Discovery ved afrejsen derfra under missionen STS-119.

Deutsch: Die Internationale Raumstation, fotografiert von der Raumfähre Discovery während der Mission STS-119

English: The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119.

Español: La Estación Espacial Internacional vista desde el transbordador espacial Discovery durante la misión STS-119.

Esperanto: La Internacia Kosmostacio vidita en marto 2009 ekde kosmopramo Discovery

Français : La Station spatiale internationale, vue depuis la navette spatiale Discovery, au cours de la mission STS-119. Sur cette photo prise alors que la navette quitte la station internationale, on peut voir les quatre paires de panneaux solaires alignés sur la poutre centrale de la station. Sur la gauche se trouve le segment S6 qui vient d'être ajouté.

Italiano: La Stazione Spaziale Internazionale vista dallo Space Shuttle Discovery.

Magyar: A Nemzetközi Űrállomás az STS–119 küldetés befejeztével hazainduló Discovery űrrepülőgépről. A képen jól látható az Integrált rácsszerkezetre (ITS) szerelt négy pár napelemtábla. Az ITS legújabb és utolsó eleme, a küldetésen felszállított S6 rácselem a kép bal szélén látható.

Nederlands: Het Internationaal ruimtestation ISS gezien vanuit de vertrekkende Amerikaanse ruimteveer Discovery tijdens missie STS-119. Links en rechts zijn de vier sets met zonnepanelen zichtbaar, die door de Integrated Truss Structure (ITC) zijn verbonden met de overige modules. Links is de nieuwe ITS-module S6 zichtbaar en middenonder de modules Columbus en Kibo, met ertussen de Destiny-module.

Polski: Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna widziana z wahadłowca Discovery w czasie misji STS-119.

Português: Estação Espacial Internacional em foto de 25 de março de 2009 após desacoplamento ao final da missão STS-119.

Svenska: Den Internationella rymdstationen sedd från rymdfärjan Discovery under uppdraget STS-119.

Беларуская: Міжнародная касмічная станцыя з борту адлучанага шатла «Дыскаверы»

Македонски: Поглед на меѓународната вселенска станица од спејс шатлот „Дискавери“ за време на мисијата STS-119 (2009).

Русский: Международная космическая станция с борта отделившегося шаттла «Дискавери»

বাংলা : স্পেস শাটল ডিসকভারির এসটিএস-১১৯ অভিযান থেকে আন্তর্জাতিক মহাকাশ স্টেশনের আলোকচিত্র।

한국어: STS-119 임무기간동안 디스커버리 우주왕복선에서 바라본 국제 우주 정거장

中文：发现号航天飞机 STS-119任务期间拍摄的国际空间站，可以看到新建成的综合桁架结构上的4组太阳能电池阵列。综合桁架结构的最新和最后的部分，是S6桁架，在图片的最左边。

中文（繁體）：發現號太空梭 STS-119任務期間拍攝的國際太空站，可以看到新建成的綜合桁架結構上的4組太陽能電池陣列。綜合桁架結構的最新和最後的部分是S6桁架，在圖片的最左邊。

العربية : صورة لمحطة الفضاء الدولية كما تُرى من مكوك فضاء ديسكفري خلال الرحلة STS-119.

فارسی : ایستگاه فضایی بین‌المللی از دید شاتل فضایی دیسکاوری

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DescriptionISS March 2009.jpg	The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119. In view are the four pairs of solar arrays mounted along the newly-completed Integrated Truss Structure. The newest and final part of the ITS, launched on this mission, is the S6 truss and arrays, visible to the far left of this image.
Date	25 March 2009
Source	http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/322546main_s119e008357_full.jpg (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1314.html)
Author	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Q23548)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:02, 17 October 2009	2,464 × 1,856 (341 KB)	84user	losslessly cropped and losslessly rotated the full size NASA image at http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/322546main_s119e008357_full.jpg
	14:24, 26 March 2009	2,457 × 1,844 (800 KB)	Fritzbox	cropped, rotated
	14:04, 26 March 2009	4,288 × 2,848 (712 KB)	Discostu	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Suspended in space and backdropped by the blackness of space and the jewel-like blue of Earth sits the International Space Station. This image of the station was taken as STS-119 performed a fly around after undocking.}}

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