The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.

The world’s first wooden satellite has just been sent into space, and it could be a game changer.

LignoSat’s wooden panels, crafted from magnolia wood using a traditional Japanese method that avoids screws and glue, ...

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Japan developed a first-of-its-kind wooden satellite, LingoSat, which has been launched into space as part of a study on ...

It is expected to be flown to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket and later released into an orbit about ...

Conventional metal satellites create aluminium oxide particles during re-entry ... LignoSat is made of honoki, using a ...

A first-of-its-kind wooden satellite built by Japanese scientists was launched into space on Tuesday in an early trial to ...

Instead of releasing harmful particles like their metal counterparts, wooden satellites could harmlessly burn up in the Earth ...

It’s made of honoki, a type of magnolia tree native to Japan, and has been constructed using traditional Japanese techniques that forgo the use of screws or glue. The idea behind the mission is ...

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying over 6,000 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments, launched into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Monday night (9:29 p.m. EST).

Japanese researchers have successfully launched the world’s first wooden satellite, named LignoSat, into space. The satellite was sent on Tuesday aboard a SpaceX mission to the International Space ...