Columbus State Scientists Travel Abroad to Document Transit of Venus

Partnering with NASA, researchers from Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center will be set up at locations around the world to document Venus' trip between the Earth and sun, a celestial event that won't occur again for another 105 years. Stationed in Utah and Columbus, Ga. in North America, Alice Springs in Australia and the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, space science center staff will photograph, shoot video and webcast Venus as it moves across the face of the sun in during the 2012 Transit of Venus on June 5.

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