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Japan's space agency officially ends decade-plus mission that carried Hatsune Miku into space one year after losing probe somewhere above Venus | JAXA's Akatsuki Venus orbiter has officially been shut down well over a decade after launch.
JAXA's Akatsuki Venus orbiter has officially been shut down well over a decade after launch.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent the probe next door to Venus to study the planet's weather patterns and look for "signs of active volcanism." Related articles Ahead of Akatsuki's launch in 2010, JAXA invited the general public to send in art and messages to get etched into the probe's aluminum balance weights. JAXA let it fly (literally) and the Hatsune Miku art got to spend 15 long years orbiting Venus.
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