section_path: Observation and exploration history/Active and future missions
section_name: Active and future missions
paragraph_text: Active and future missions
  
  As of 2023, the only active mission at Venus is Japan's Akatsuki, having achieved orbital insertion on 7 December 2015. Additionally, several flybys by other probes have been performed and studied Venus on their way, including NASA's Parker Solar Probe, and ESA's Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo.
  
  There are currently several probes under development as well as multiple proposed missions still in their early conceptual stages.
  
  Venus has been identified for future research as an important case for understanding: