Japan Sends Akatsuki Toward Venus
Japan’s Akatsuki Venus atmospheric probe is en route to its target planet after launching on an H-IIA F17 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in Southeast Japan early on May 21 local time. Mission liftoff — delayed three days because of bad weather over the island launch site — came at 6:58 a.m...
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