English: International Space Station on 20 August 2001
Deutsch: Die Internationale Raumstation am 20. August 2001 aufgenommen vom Space Shuttle Discovery
original description: Backdropped by the darkness of space and the blue Earth at its horizon, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by one of the astronauts aboard the Discovery after undocking from the station which took place at 9:52 a.m. (CDT), August 20, 2001.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2]