A team of Japanese scientists has finished constructing the world’s first wooden satellite, Agence France-Presse reports. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, a collaboration between Kyoto University and ...

A satellite made almost entirely out of wood, a first, reached space this week. Researchers hope LignoSat will pave the way for more uses of wood in space. Artwork for the LignoSat mission. One major ...

Researchers plan to launch the wooden artifical satellite in summer 2024. JAXA American and Japanese scientists are preparing to launch the world’s first wooden artificial satellite next summer as an ...

A historic moment unfolded as the world’s first wooden satellite, the brainchild of Japanese researchers, soared into space, ushering in a new era of sustainable space exploration. The ambitious ...

A team of researchers want to put a wooden satellite into orbit. It's not as outrageous as you might think. Results from a recent test aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which exposed ...

Japanese scientists revealed plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, this summer. Crafted from magnolia wood, known for its stability and resistance to cracking, this innovative ...

KYOTO (Reuters) - 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, ...

Japan's wooden satellite could solve the space trash problem by burning up completely on re-entry, leaving no debris and reducing environmental impacts. Reading time 2 minutes A group of researchers ...

"At the end of their life, satellites re-enter the atmosphere," Koji Murata, a researchers at Kyoto University, told CNN about LignoSat. "The difference is, the wood in the LignoSat will burn up and ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has been deployed to Earth orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS Research X account posted footage of a trio of CubeSats, including Japan’s ...

Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric re-entry. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...