Akatsuki missed Venus once, but with a little ingenuity and its secondary engines, it’s heading back on December 7th!
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http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/11/18/tiny-thrusters-to-do-heavy-lifting-as-japanese-probe-approaches-venus/
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