Japan's Venus probe fails to achieve orbit

The craft is captured by the sun's gravitational pull in a setback for the country's space program. There may be another chance -- in six years.A Japanese probe failed to reach orbit around Venus on Wednesday and was captured by the sun's gravitational pull in a setback to Japan's shoestring space program, which will have to wait six years to try again.

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