Japan's wooden satellite has been launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a mission to prove that wood can ...

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a kind of magnolia tree native in Japan and traditionally used for sword sheaths, is most suited for spacecraft, after a ...

On Tuesday, the company’s 31st resupply mission for NASA delivered the world’s first satellite built using wooden parts. More ...

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LignoSat is a four-inch (10cm) cube packed with advanced electronics and sensors. But instead of being constructed from ...

Timber! Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite that's made out of wood. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, ...

Japan has launched the world's first wooden satellite, LignoSat, to explore the potential of timber as a sustainable resource in space. The satellite, made from a Japanese magnolia tree, will test the ...

The first wood-panel satellite is on a SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, where it will test the durability of ...

On 5, 2024, 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 ...