The Japanese space exploration agency JAXA has lost contact with its Akatsuki space probe, which has been in Venus' orbit since 2015. The probe, launched in 2010, exceeded its design lifespan and went silent in April. Akatsuki is Japan's first mission to explore another planet and the only active Earth spacecraft orbiting Venus. Recent data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft suggests evidence of fresh lava flows on Venus, indicating possible volcanic activity.
Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe The day side of Venus covered in clouds, as seen by Japan's Akatsuki orbiter. (Image credit: JAXA) https://t.co/x3cWEST6bZ
JAXA's Akatsuki probe goes silent after more than a decade studying Venus https://t.co/2NW5JCWJ8r
New radar images detect evidence of fresh lava flows on Venus, suggesting active volcanoes on the planet. https://t.co/KBzEcWqY24
Volcanic activity reshaping the surface of Venus could rival that of present day Earth, scientists have found, with the eruptions depositing 90,000 olympic swimming pools worth of volcanic material. https://t.co/caZvN1y4hR https://t.co/sYmJJ4R7Qd
Japanese space agency loses contact with Venus orbiter Akatsuki https://t.co/EYKBo327Tw https://t.co/8JIX324SW1
Scientists have found signs of fresh flowing lava on Venus in decades-old data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft https://t.co/faqZB3txgR
Japan Loses Contact With Humanity's Only Active Venus Probe 'Akatsuki' https://t.co/8FAh7lXguF
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Akatsuki is the only active Earth spacecraft orbiting Venus, according to https://t.co/tfXBbE7dun. https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
By doing so, Akatsuki became Japan’s first mission to explore another planet. https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
Following its initial launch in 2010, Akatsuki failed to enter Venus’ orbit before orbiting the sun for five years. https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
JAXA said it's trying to restore communication with the probe, but noted that Akatsuki “has already exceeded its four-and-a-half-year design lifespan since launch and is now in the later stages of operation.” https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
Akatsuki went silent in April, JAXA said in a release Wednesday. https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
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. https://t.co/2KB6YTCW0P
A new analysis of decades-old data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft finds signs of fresh lava flows occurring on the Venusian surface between 1990 and 1992, researchers report. https://t.co/Y1fkG8np8i
We once thought Venus was geologically dead. But evidence from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft suggests that recent lava flows could be widespread on our sister world. https://t.co/Y1fkG8np8i
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. https://t.co/pT8e1f7sDQ