Akatsuki is Japan's mission dedicated to studying the climate of Venus and currently the only active spacecraft in orbit around the second planet from the sun. The $300 million spacecraft launched ...

During Akatsuki’s 2010 attempt, instead of positioning itself to fly into Venus’s elliptical equatorial orbit, the spacecraft’s malfunctioning engine’s prevented it from properly braking ...

A Japanese spacecraft's long-awaited Venus campaign is finally about to begin. Japan's Akatsuki probe was originally supposed to arrive at Venus in December 2010, but an engine failure caused the ...

Japan's Akatsuki is a spacecraft that is orbiting Venus to study the planet's climate and atmosphere. The $300-million spacecraft began its science observations in 2016 and remained operational as ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has every reason to celebrate right now. Back in 2010, the agency's Venus Climate Orbiter, known by the name Akatsuki ("dawn"), failed to make it into ...

Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki failed to enter Venus's orbit, foiling Japan's attempt to achieve planetary exploration for another six years when the craft will pass the planet again.

JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic. The photograph was also shared as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day in January 2018, with the caption, "Venus at Night in Infrared from Akatsuki." ...

JAXA began reading data from Akatsuki in 2016. Plan for inflatable space bases where astronauts will live on moon & Mars Akatsuki is the only operational spacecraft at Venus.

We will announce our policy as soon as it has been decided," JAXA said in the update. Japan's first space probe launched in May 21, 2010, aboard an H2-A rocket heading for Venus.

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 ...

JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Damia Bouic. The photograph was also shared as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day in January 2018, with the ...

JAXA began reading data from Akatsuki in 2016. Plan for inflatable space bases where astronauts will live on moon & Mars Akatsuki is the only operational spacecraft at Venus.