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 ...
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 first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of ...
The world's first wooden satellite has successfully travelled to space in an effort to understand if wood could someday be a "space-grade" material.
Japan just launched the world's first wooden satellite into orbit, and it could completely change the future of space ...
The world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station ...