Hatsune Miku's most ambitious project to date has ended in failure after 15 years, resulting in the loss of countless fan-created content.

"This mission with Purdue University is a powerful demonstration of what becomes possible when research institutions and educators gain direct access to the microgravity environment." ...

Scientists have presented the "first compelling evidence for the existence of lava tubes on Venus." And they're way bigger ...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on September 18 the official end of its Akatsuki mission, Japan's first Venus orbiter, after more than 15 years of operation ...

A Japanese spacecraft that once carried over 13,000 Hatsune Miku fan messages and drawings into space has officially ended ...

On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch ...

Fifteen years after launch, JAXA has said goodbye to the spacecraft, our only working probe around Earth's "sister planet".

If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' ...

Hatsune Miku's voyage through space has finally come to an end after 15 long years. The Japanese space probe Akatsuki has ...

Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after an initial ...

At the beginning of 2024, contact was lost with the only active probe on Venus, and all attempts to rescue it failed. The ...

Japanese space agency, JAXA, lost contact with Akatsuki in April 2024, after the probe entered a low-precision attitude ...