Europe's most advanced interplanetary space probe lost contact with Earth for nearly a full day leading up to a crucial flyby of Venus that will occur on Sunday (Aug. 31). JUICE (short for "Jupiter ...

In 1975, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9 lander became the first spacecraft to transmit photographs from the surface of Venus, surviving only 53 minutes before succumbing to the planet’s extreme ...

The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

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 ...

Japan’s Akatsuki mission officially ended in September 2025 after more than a decade of operations and a final year of complete radio silence. Launched in 2010 by JAXA and operated by ISAS, the ...

L ast February, debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set the skies of Europe ablaze before crashing down to Earth in Poland, ...

Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time around Venus than anyone first expected. The Japan Aerospace Explorat.

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While on a journey to study the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured an incredible new view of Venus. The mission, which launched in 2018, is intended to study the sun and reveal some of its ...