The world's first wooden satellite has officially entered its cosmic testing grounds. LignoSat, a palm-sized timber cube developed in Japan, will orbit Earth for six months. How it fares will tell ...

The world's first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Scientists at Kyoto ...

Kyoto University The world's first wooden satellite has officially entered its cosmic testing grounds. LignoSat, a palm-sized timber cube developed in Japan, will orbit Earth for six months.

The world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, launched to space for testing on Tuesday. LignoSat aims to prove wood's viability in space, reducing environmental impact compared to metal satellites.

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. LignoSat, developed by ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket, its Japanese developers said Tuesday, part of a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Takao Doi, a former Japanese astronaut and professor at Kyoto University, holds an engineering model of LignoSat. Irene Wang/Reuters The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, ...

This new spaceflight tech has a very retro feel. The world's first wooden satellite, a tiny Japanese spacecraft called LignoSat, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) today (Nov.

A Japanese team launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, to the International Space Station (ISS). This 10-cm³ satellite, crafted from honoki magnolia wood, aims to pioneer eco ...