Japanese scientists have devised a first-of-its-kind wooden satellite that will be hurled skyward on Tuesday, Nov. 5, with help from American space agencies — all to test how new materials can ...

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, LignoSat, has been successfully launched into space and is set to re-enter the atmosphere without leaving space debris. On November 5, LignoSat was launched on ...

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. 5 ...

Unique among the myriad of items the mission carried is the first satellite made from wood, a palm-sized cube called the LignoStat. Developed by Kyoto University researchers and the Japanese ...

Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday and ...

LignoSat is by all intents and purposes the world's first wooden satellite to be deployed beyond the borders of our world. It doesn't pack any internal gear that will help it monitor stuff outside ...

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

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Japan has finally launched the world’s first wooden satellite into orbit. The ...

World's First Wooden Satellite, Developed in Japan, Heads to Space By Kantaro Komiya and Irene Wang KYOTO (Reuters) - The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was ...