At 10:54 p.m. on Wednesday June 20, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS—117) passed across our western sky. They separated earlier in the day for the shuttle's eventual return to Earth. In this image, the ISS is the upper left streak and Atlantis is the other streak. The six day old moon is at the far left while Venus is setting at the bottom. Saturn is to Venus' upper left and Regulus is to Saturn's upper left.
The pair continued to the upper left for another 45 seconds until they disappeared in the Earth's shadow above the moon. The exposure was for 15 seconds, which provides an idea of how fast they were traveling across the sky.
Such is our view from Earth...
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