The Japanese Space Agency ... the biggest challenge was figuring out how to predict the landing point for a paper airplane dropped from orbit. Basically, he can’t. No one can determine with ...

There was a Japanese proposal to drop airplanes made from special heat-resistant paper from the International Space Station, roughly 400 km above Earth. Success would show that low-speed ...

According to the Paper Aircraft Association, a paper airplane thrown in space will not fly; it will float in a straight line forever.

After studying origami for 10 years, he applied what he knew about aerodynamics to the Japanese art of paper folding. His precise folding techniques combined with clever designs produce planes ...