Kyoto University and JAXA launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, on November 5, 2024. The satellite, made ...
The tiny Japanese CubeSat was launched from Florida with the aim of bringing the space industry into a more sustainable ...
Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of ...
A SpaceX rocket carried the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, into space at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...
A Japanese team launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, to the International Space Station (ISS). This 10-cm³ ...
Japan launched LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, to test eco-friendly materials for space en route to more sustainable ...
Space has a major sustainability problem. When satellites made mostly of aluminum die fall back down to earth, they combust ...
Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, satellites have been made with metals. A group of Japanese scientists thinks it has a viable alternative: wood. A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the ...
The satellite is made from magnolia wood, which was historically used for samurai sheaths. The world’s first wooden satellite ...
Japan’s LignoSat, the first wooden satellite, will orbit Earth to test wood’s potential as a space-grade material.
The world’s first wooden satellite has been sent to space to prove that wood is a space-grade material, and, most importantly, biodegradable.