The Japanese space agency said it has lost contact with its intrepid Venus spacecraft Akatsuki. Akatsuki is Japan's mission dedicated to studying the climate of Venus and currently the only active ...

Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft was never supposed to survive. After a failed Venus orbit insertion in 2010, it drifted through ...

The Japanese space exploration agency JAXA has lost contact with its Akatsuki space probe, which was launched in 2010 and has been in Venus’ orbit since 2015. “Akatsuki” is the Japanese word for dawn ...

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 ...

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Earth has quietly lost its only weather satellite around Venus. On September 18, 2025, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency carried out the final shutdown of the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki, ...

Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time around Venus than anyone first expected. The ...

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 ...