Venus probe Akatsuki

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Photo taken at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture shows a model of Japanese space probe Akatsuki's thruster, a liquid rocket engine, designed to propel the probe into orbit. Akatsuki was set to go into orbit around Venus by retrofiring the device on Dec. 7, 2010. (Kyodo)

• Product Code
• ILEA000331508

• Registered date
• 2010/12/07 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source

• Media size
• 1888 × 1303 pixel

• Resolution
• 240 dpi

• Deployment size
• 596.00(KB)*

• Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.