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 ...

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 ...

LignoSat, a wooden satellite developed by researchers at Kyoto University and Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry, launched to the ISS on Monday night on board SpaceX’s resupply mission.

In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 miles away, researchers will study whether wood is sturdy enough for space.

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. transcript 3, 2, 1. ... and liftoff. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno ...

The diminutive cube satellite, measuring just 4 inches on each side, is constructed primarily from magnolia wood using traditional Japanese woodworking techniques, without glues or screws.

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 ...

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 satellite is named LingoSat, after the Latin word for "wood," and it was flown on an unmanned SpaceX rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station (ISS ...

KYOTO, Japan (WKRC) - The world's first wooden satellite has been launched into space in an effort to understand if wood could someday be a "space-grade" material. Many space agencies have hopes ...