Akatsuki, also called the Venus Climate Orbiter, was launched in 2010 to enter the orbit of Venus and collect the planet's data. However, things did not go according to plan, and the spacecraft ...

In late July 2024, a photograph spread on social media, allegedly showing Venus, the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest planet. "Clearest image ever taken of Venus," one Facebook user ...

More Venus missions are planned, but their funding is uncertain. Humanity's last active mission at Venus is no more. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) declared its Akatsuki spacecraft ...

Humanity's only mission in Venus is in limbo after a Japanese spacecraft went dark last month, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed. The JAXA space agency said it lost communication with ...

Akatsuki has overcome big challenges in the past. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Japanese space agency said it has lost ...

JAXA, the Japanese space agency, confirmed Wednesday that it has lost communication with its Akatsuki spacecraft in orbit around Venus. In its update, the space agency said it failed to establish ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Akatsuki space probe — which is the sole ongoing mission to the planet Venus — may be on its last legs. In an update on X, JAXA‘s Institute of Space and ...

For nearly 10 years, there’s been only one spacecraft able to keep its cool above the hellish landscape of Venus. The Japanese Akatsuki probe was sent to Earth’s neighboring planet to observe its ...

The nail-biting maneuver that sent Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft into orbit around Venus this week is being celebrated by NASA scientists, eager to learn more about the atmosphere and climate of Earth’s ...

Japan has lost contact with its Akatsuki probe, the only spacecraft currently in orbit around Venus. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...