Akatsuki, also called the Venus Climate Orbiter, was launched in 2010 to enter the orbit of Venus and collect the planet's ...

For nearly a decade, Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft circled Venus, offering scientists rare glimpses into the planet’s turbulent ...

JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft, launched in 2010, has officially ended its mission after more than a decade studying Venus’s ...

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency ( JAXA) declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a ...

It’s not every day you hear about a troubled spacecraft making a desperate attempt to cling to a planet — for the second time. This image, illustrated before Akatsuki took its second shot at Venus, ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft sped past Venus on Dec. 7 without entering orbit, but mission planners hope to attempt orbital insertion again in six years when the 25.2 billion yen ($300 million) ...

The last voice from Venus has gone quiet. Japan’s Akatsuki mission, once the planet’s only active observer, has finally fallen silent after years of trailblazing science.

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki spacecraft arrived in orbit around the planet Venus in December 2015, five years after missing the planet on its first try. Now, the science ...

There are some ground rules for this list to make it fair and fun to read: We’re only talking about the period of Akatsuki proper: in other words, prior to the Fourth Great Ninja War. If we count the ...

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