Thanks to its airplane-shaped folding, the paper plane is statically stable in the vacuum-like upper reaches of space. It ...

The researchers made a plane out of standard A4 sheets, but with added features of aerodynamic modeling to aid with the testing of their theory.

The age-old question of what would happen if you threw a paper airplane out of the International Space Station (ISS) has been ...

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

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.

Takuo Toda, the head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, had nursed the idea of flying a shuttle-shaped paper plane since NASA in 1977 launched its first space shuttle Enterprise, ...

Takuo Toda, the head of the Japan Origami Airplane Association, had nursed the idea of flying a shuttle-shaped paper plane since NASA in 1977 launched its first space shuttle Enterprise, ...

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 wind tunnel this ...

Your average, everyday paper airplane got a new twist — or rather, ... Origami Now!, launched last weekend and attracted many visitors who not only had a chance to see expert examples, ...