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Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft was never supposed to survive. After a failed Venus orbit insertion in 2010, it drifted through space for five long years, written off as a lost mission. Then, against all ...

Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time than predicted orbiting Venus. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed that termination procedures commenced ...

Venus has lost its final active orbiter. Japan’s Akatsuki, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter, was declared dead by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in late October 2025. The ...

Venus is officially a lonely planet. After losing contact with the Akatsuki spacecraft last year, Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has officially ended operations of the lone mission left in our ...

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, ...

At the beginning of 2024, contact was lost with the only active probe on Venus, and all attempts to rescue it failed. The mission has now been terminated. The Japanese space agency JAXA has ended the ...

The introduction of the Akatsuki to Naruto changed the trajectory of the story forever. Before the Akatsuki’s introduction, the world of Naruto felt very small. While viewers were familiar with Konoha ...

There are some ground rules for this list to make it fair and fun to read: We’re only talking about the period of Akatsuki proper: in other words, prior to the Fourth Great Ninja War. If we count the ...

To be clear, nobody expects Naruto‘s world to be perfect. Part of the reason Akatsuki is so compelling is exactly because Kishimoto is so graceful in his depiction of the realities of real-world ...

The Akatsuki, a group of rogue ninja in Naruto, embodies real-world reasons for conflict, from revenge and profit to loyalty and the pursuit of peace. Each member's tragic backstory, rooted in ...

Joining the Akatsuki in Ninja Time requires you to pass through several hoops in the mid-game period. For those unaware, it is a secret and perhaps the most evil organization in the Naruto universe.