Akatsuki - December 7, 2015
Sci-Fi 5
English - December 07, 2021 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For five long years, the team behind the Akatsuki space probe waited. The probe intended for Venus had malfunctioned and ended up in the sun's orbit. Patience and clever thinking paid off though, and on this day in 2015, the little probe that could, finally did.
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Written by Earl Green
Hosted by Roberto Lewis
Music by Devin Curry