James Cook and the Transit of Venus

Sunday, June 3, 2012 - 10:00 in Astronomy & Space

What's the best reason to observe the 2012 Transit of Venus? It could be history. Today's story from Science@NASA recounts the role of James Cook in "the Apollo program of the 18th Century."

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