Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite made of wood. The spacecraft, dubbed LignoSat, came about ...
But scientists in Japan suspect we don’t need to abandon one of the oldest building blocks known to humanity to explore the ...
Japan’s wooden satellite went up into space aboard an unmanned SpaceX rocket to test timber for space exploration. Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry developed the satellite and named it ...
"A wooden satellite should be feasible, too." Wood is more durable in space than on Earth because ... The researchers ...
Created in Japan, the satellite was onboard a SpaceX mission ... Named after the Latin word for wood, they called the satellite “LignoSat.” The palm-sized satellite aims to test how wood ...
Japan has successfully launched a defense satellite designed for speedier communication and military operations on a new ...