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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

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 ...
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Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Akatsuki space probe — which is the sole ongoing mission to the planet Venus — may be on its last legs. In an update on X, JAXA‘s Institute of Space and ...
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Japan bids farewell to Akatsuki, the probe that spent eight years monitoring Venus and changed what we knew about its hellish atmosphere

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, ...
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Venus’ Only Active Probe Mysteriously Falls Silent

For nearly 10 years, there’s been only one spacecraft able to keep its cool above the hellish landscape of Venus. The Japanese Akatsuki probe was sent to Earth’s neighboring planet to observe its ...
USA Today

Venus spacecraft loses connection with Japan, threatening planet's sole mission

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 ...
Yahoo

Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "This was a mission that changed our view of our Earth-sized neighbor, and laid the path for new ...
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Japan Lost Contact With "Planet C" Spacecraft, Leaving Humanity With No Presence Around Venus

Fifteen years after launch, Japan has announced the end of the "Planet C" mission, leaving humanity with no presence around Venus. In May 2010, Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the ...
Washington Times

Japanese space agency loses contact with Venus orbiter Akatsuki

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 ...
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Japanese scientists rescue lost Venus space probe with daring maneuvers [UPDATED]

Update: Jaxa has confirmed that the orbital maneuver worked. Akatsuki is now in a stable elliptical orbit around Venus. While the new orbit will not allow for the same mission profile as was ...
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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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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

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 ...