Too bad about the ending of the Space Shuttle program.
But on the way back to earth, the Shuttle made a transit of the Sun which was caught on film. You can see the images at spaceweather.com.
Small versions.. but get the big ones over there.
I believe there is going to the second of two transits of Mercury Venus pretty soon. No?
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Not Mercury, Venus–on June 5-6, 2012.
Venus! Indeed. Venus. I saw the first of the pair.
A wonderful photograph of the last landing:
Final Touchdown, by Philip Scott Andrews for The New York Times.