Akatsuki
Akatsuki Update: Fuel Pressure Drop Likely Caused Insertion Failure
[/caption] While JAXA is still trying to get an exact handle on the problems that the Akatsuki probe sent to…
Akatsuki Fails to Enter Orbit of Venus
JAXA announced that the Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter orbit around Venus. The orbit insertion maneuver was performed, the space…
Akatsuki Encounters Problems at Venus
[/caption] Japan's first Venus space probe encountered problems while attempting orbit insertion and went into safe mode. It took longer…
Japan’s Akatsuki to Reach Venus Today
[/caption] Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft will arrive at Venus later today, and will enter orbit around the planet. The box-shaped orbiter…
Japan’s Venus Orbiter and Solar Sail Missions Launch Successfully
Japan's first robotic mission to Venus and an experimental solar sail launched successfully from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern…
Japan to Launch Venus Orbiter and Solar Sail Missions
Bad weather postponed a scheduled multi-mission launch of an H-IIA rocket from Japan early Tuesday, which includes the first Japanese…