They spray a special coating onto the paper and then fold it into shuttles about 8 inches long and 4 inches wide that weigh about 1.05 ounces. How many shuttles will be released has not been decided.

Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone ...

KASHIWA, Japan – Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It’s no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in ...

The team has asked a Japanese astronaut to release the 20 centimetre long planes, made from paper chemically treated to resist heat and water, from the space station.

Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space.

Space junk is a huge problem. The surge in satellite launches in recent years is leaving low Earth orbit (LEO) cluttered with debris such as discarded rocket bodies, broken parts and defunct ...

27 thoughts on “ Japanese Micro Planes ” Nathan Zadoks says: November 11, 2010 at 7:30 am ... the toy paper birds which are radiocontrolled) Report comment. Reply. scootn405 says: November 11, ...

Japanese paper plane hopes for space launch. JAPAN: ... Worldwide media coverage will, he says, help locate the plane, which carries greetings in 10 languages, including Chinese and English.

KASHIWA, Japan – Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a ...

A spacecraft made of folded paper zooming through the skies may sound far-fetched, but Japanese scientists plan to launch paper planes from the International Space Station to see if they make it ...

There was a Japanese proposal to drop airplanes made from special heat-resistant paper from the International Space Station, ... There have been many other high-altitude paper plane launches, ...