Astronaut has camera ready for transit of Venus

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will have a unique vantage point for next week's transit of Venus, a stunning and rare event when Venus will appear as a tiny black dot on the sun as it crosses in front of our nearest star. The transit will take place June 5, and will not occur again for more than a century, in the year 2117. To add to the historical nature of the day, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, one of six members of the station's Expedition 31 crew, plans to be the first person to photograph the transit of Venus from space. More

(Source: MSNBC - Jun 2)