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A Japanese spacecraft that overshot Venus last month may get a chance to redeem itself one year earlier than scientists had originally thought. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now considering trying to send the Akatsuki spacecraft into orbit around Venus five years from now...

The video footage shows Japan's Venus probe "Akatsuki" detached from H-IIA rocket. Japan's space probe has failed to go into orbit around Venus, the country's space agency said Wednesday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said it lost communication with the probe temporarily. When it...