ESA had to abandon its Venus satellite Venus Express after eight years in orbit. At the end of April, Japan's space agency JAXA lost contact with the last Venus probe Akatsuki (あかつき).

In 2026, a European Space Agency (ESA)/Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) joint mission will fall ... first needs to make several flybys of Mercury, Venus and Earth. Fortunately, these flybys are ...

BepiColombo is operated by the ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The probe launched ... The spacecraft has been flying by Earth, Venus and Mercury since 2020, use the planets ...