Nice little story regarding Japan's Venusian probe.
In 2010, Japan's space agency, JAXA, sent a probe to Venus. Akatsuki would have studied the climate and atmosphere of the hot, hot, hot world. Except it failed to insert itself into orbit and drifted off into space. But in December, the probe will have a second chance to enter orbit around Venus.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/spac...n-venus-probe/
Fingers crossed
