Japan’s space agency said its latest attempt at launching the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into orbit using its eighth H3 rocket on Monday morning ended without success due to an engine failure following ...

Japan’s space agency on Wednesday morning canceled the launch of its eighth H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 5 satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, after an ...

Rocket Lab Corporation recently completed its first dedicated mission for Japan’s space agency JAXA, successfully launching the “RAISE And Shine” Electron rocket from New Zealand to deploy the RAISE-4 ...

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As per JAXA, Akatsuki was the first Japanese attempt at a planetary orbiter to be launched in May 2010 on an H-IIA rocket. The first orbit insertion attempt in December 2010 was unsuccessful; however, ...

NASA's plans are in doubt, however, due to budgetary issues. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Venus just lost its last active ...

Earth’s lone connection to Venus is over. After losing contact a year ago, The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has officially declared the Akatsuki spacecraft dead, ceasing operations ...

After a year of attempting contact, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Tuesday that its Akatsuki Venus climate orbiter spacecraft has died and is no longer responsive. This was ...

Hatsune Miku is being retired. After more than a decade in orbit, Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft has officially gone silent. The mission—designed to study Venus’s atmosphere—was declared complete by JAXA ...

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