Japan's Venus Probe Fails To Enter Orbit

Japan probe overshoots Venus, headed toward sun, CNBC
“The probe, called Akatsuki, which means dawn, reached Venus on Tuesday and fired its engines in an attempt to reach an elliptical orbit. But mission officials said they briefly lost contact after that and determined Wednesday that Akatsuki’s engines did not fire long enough to attain the proper orbiting position…. “Unfortunately, it did not attain an orbit,” said JAXA’s Hitoshi Soeno. “But it appears to be functioning and we may be able to try again when it passes by Venus six years from now.”