Japan Loses Contact With $300 Million Venus Spacecraft Akatsuki After Operation in Late April

Medicine & Technology May 31, 2024

Japan announced that it lost contact with its Venus probe Akatsuki since April and they would give an update when the problem was fixed. Continue reading to know the full story.

Space-Based Infrared Imaging Reveals How Winds Run Backwards at Night on Venus

Jul 22, 2021

Japanese Akatsuki Venus probe found the night-time winds flow counter to the winds in the daytime.

Gigantic Wave of Poisonous Tsunami Captured Crossing Across Venus

Aug 06, 2020

Japanese Venus orbiter Akatsuki captured a photo of a never before seen huge atmospheric wave in Venus that extends to 4,660 miles and has been occurring since 1983.