Venus probe Akatsuki

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.

JAXA delays space probe's return for 3 yrs due to trouble

JAXA delays space probe's return for 3 yrs due to trouble

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (R), a professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, tells reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 14 that the return of Japan's space probe Hayabusa from the asteroid Itokawa to Earth will be pushed back three years to June 2010 due to thruster system problems.

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JAXA delays space probe's return for 3 yrs due to trouble

JAXA delays space probe's return for 3 yrs due to trouble

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (R), a professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, tells reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 14 that the return of Japan's space probe Hayabusa from the asteroid Itokawa to Earth will be pushed back three years to June 2010 due to thruster system problems. (Kyodo)

Venus probe Akatsuki

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)