On May 21, 2010, the Akatsuki orbiter ("Dawn" in Japanese) launched from the Tanegashima Space Center atop a H-IIA Launch Vehicle, establishing orbit around Venus in December 2015. In so doing, ...

Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after an initial orbital insertion failure. Since that time, Akatsuki has continuously ...

We could be one step closer to discovering aliens as scientists unveil a new mission set to take place to establish whether alien lifeforms exist on Venus. Although Venus is described as one of the ...

India’s space ambitions reached new heights on National Space Day as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman V. Narayanan unveiled a string of landmark missions, including Chandrayaan-4, a ...