Futurism

The Last Spacecraft Orbiting Venus Has Officially Died

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 ...
Yardbarker

Hatsune Miku’s Titanium Tribute Still Orbits Venus After Probe Shutdown

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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These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth's 'evil twin'

Venus just lost its last active spacecraft, but more might be coming in a few years. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week after ...
ExtremeTech

Last Venus Spacecraft Goes Dark, Leaving No Active Human-Made Presence

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 ...
The Republic

Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to plummet to Earth this weekend after 53 years

FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe in May 2016. (J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP) ...
IFLScience

Japan Lost Contact With "Planet C" Spacecraft, Leaving Humanity With No Presence Around Venus

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Labroots

Using Earth's Weather Satellites to Study Venus' Atmosphere

How can scientists study the meteorology of Venus from Earth since there are currently no missions to Venus? This is what a recent study published in Earth, Planets and Space hopes to address as a ...