BEIJING — On 9 December 2020, Prof. Takehiko Satoh (ISAS/JAXA) gave an online seminar on the Akatsuki mission to Venus of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Prof. Satoh's lecture represented the fifth of the ISSI-BJ "On Things to Come" series of webinars that addresses ongoing as well as future space missions by inviting renowned scientists from different countries, institutes, and space agencies.