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JAXA's Akatsuki Mission Ends: 178 Papers on Venus Insights

10/30/2025

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced the Akatsuki spacecraft's Venus mission ended after it lost contact on May 29, 2024.
Akatsuki was launched in 2010 to study Venus's climate.
The mission produced 178 journal papers.
It yielded insights into Venus's super-rotation and atmospheric dynamics.
Future missions to Venus include NASA's DAVINCI and VERITAS and the European Space Agency's EnVision to further explore Venus's atmosphere and surface.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced the Akatsuki spacecraft's Venus mission ended after it lost contact on May 29, 2024.
Akatsuki was launched in 2010 to study Venus's climate.
The mission produced 178 journal papers.
It yielded insights into Venus's super-rotation and atmospheric dynamics.
Future missions to Venus include NASA's DAVINCI and VERITAS and the European Space Agency's EnVision to further explore Venus's atmosphere and surface.