Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after an initial ...
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Why Don't We Explore Venus If It's Much Closer Than Mars?
Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor and once a prime candidate for exploration, has long been overshadowed by Mars despite being more accessible in terms of distance. While Mars captivates ...
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 ...
Akatsuki had completed its regular two-year operation that started in April 2016, after which its operation was extended to ...
Stargazers in the U.S. will witness the razor-thin waning crescent moon rise close to Venus and the bright star Regulus in ...
Melroy also pointed to landers as another application.
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