The mission is meant as a demonstration of the capacities of this humble material to live long and prosper in the vacuum of ...

Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric ...

The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of ...

Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday and arrived at ...

The first satellite in space made mostly of wood arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday along with other ...

Made from an extremely durable wood often used for sword sheaths, the world's first satellite made from wood was launched ...

A tiny cube made of magnolia wood is headed to the International Space Station (ISS), where it will be deployed into space to test how it withstands the extreme environment. Researchers hope this ...

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The first wooden satellite was launched by Japan on Tuesday with the goal of testing the effectiveness of wood in space.

Japan's wooden satellite has been launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a mission to prove that wood can ...

The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of ...