This year will be the last Transit of Venus to be seen in our lifetime. The next will not occur until 2117. To mark the occasion, NASA will set up a live telecast of the event from Hawaii which is the best place to view it. This short documentary looks at the history behind the Venus Transits which astronomers used to determine the scale of the Solar System.
History: The Transit of Venus
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