JAXA Sets Venus Liftoff
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Venus Climate Orbiter, or Akatsuki, is due for launch at 6:44 a.m. (local time) on May 18 onboard a Mitsubishi H-IIA from the Tanegashima Space Center. Previously called Planet-C, the 500-kg. (1,100-lb.) spacecraft will study Venus’s atmosphere, with an emphasis...
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