One more incredible image comes from the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where NASA photographer Mark Sowa captured the sun with beauty mark Venus setting behind the Mercury-Redstone rocket, the U.S.s first manned launch vehicle (below). More amazing photos of the transit are available in this user-
Mark Sowa (1982-1986), Dan Traub (1983-1995), John Smith (1970-1974), Brian McGonigal (1986-1990), Colleen Callen (1987-1991), Scott Stoddard (1982-1986)